IP PBX: Branches
IP PBX
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Differences
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Branches
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SIP Phones
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Features
IP PBXs offer the ability to instantly connect branch offices together like they were in the same building… for FREE!
That’s right. No more long distance calling to your own locations. You could have a main office in New York and a branch office in Los Angeles. You can dial an extension at the other location, intercom, conference, transfer, page, etc. just like they were in the cubical next to you.
This also gives you the added benefit of trunk sharing. You could host all trunks at one location. Then the branch would connect to your main office to dial out. For example, if you had one branch location that only needed one line out occasionally, you could just have the branch office use one of your main office trunks.
Or if you currently have a main office that needs 5 trunks and a branch office that needs 3, but you know you will never use more than 6 trunks at a time, you can just get 6 trunks and share them between branches.
Caller ID can be set many different ways, and calls can be forwarded to any branch. So if you get a call at the main office, you could transfer the call to your branch office and it can retain the original caller’s caller ID; or you could change the caller ID to the main office number; or the extension number of the employee forwarding the number; or whatever.
After possibly saving money each month just by switching to SIP trunks, you can increase your savings if you have multiple branches. And you also add many more benefits such as intra-office extension dialing and trunk sharing. Plus you get all other benefits and features previously mentioned.
