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OnSIP’s Hosted PBX Is Tailored Google Voice for Businesses

by OnSIP

Google Voice gives users one phone number that can be linked with all the phones in their life.

Published: July 6, 2009

Google has a knack for releasing hits and with the release of Google Voice, the company does not seem to show any signs of letting up. It has been known for months now that Google Voice would be released sometime this year, and though the long-term effects of this development have yet to be seen (watch out Skype), business VoIP service provider OnSIP is seizing this opportunity to display its own innovations.

In case you’ve been living under a rock, Google Voice will give users one phone number that can be linked with all the phones in their life. Users can set all their phones to ring at once when the Google number is dialed or have different phones ring according to the time and the caller. These features may sound new to the consumer market, but the truth is that the main part of Google Voice has been available to customers for years now.

With OnSIP’s virtual pbx, it’s already easy to set up which phones ring according to time to ensure that all incoming calls from clients are answered. Since Google Voice is currently aimed at consumers, you need a person at the end of the line to accept calls. OnSIP, which provides business phone system services, replaces this person with an auto-attendant, giving any small business a large enterprise feel.

OnSIP will soon also offer presence, an indicator of availability that Google Voice currently does not support, as part of their upcoming dashboard communication interface. The dashboard incorporates control of calls, presence, coworker status, and IM all in one browser window. Lets say that Rob gets a call from a customer but he cannot take it because he is already on the line. With OnSIP, he will soon be able to seamlessly transfer that call to John, who is available, with the drag and click of his mouse. And the best part of this phone system solution? The price. Proprietary software vendors currently charge hundreds of dollars per user for a bundle package that does these same functions. Junction Networks currently charges no per user fees for their OnSIP hosted pbx, with business packages starting at as low as $ 39.95 a month for an entire company. What’s more, Junction Networks is currently planning on allowing customers to use the dashboard for free.

The Junction Networks team is planning a private beta of the dashboard with presence later this summer.