SIP Trunking
SIP Trunking gives you the best of both worlds: the improved functionality and cost-efficiency of VoIP phone plans and the ability to keep your current phone system.
Providers like Vocalocity and Nextiva can customize their plans to provide top-notch SIP service. Check out these providers and others below, on our SIP Trunking comparison table. We note some of the nicer features of SIP trunking below the table.
| Provider | Solutions | Cost | User Rating | |
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No contracts, unlimited calling, best-quality calls. A complete business solution.
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$14.95 | ||
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Get unlimited extensions from the Small Business specialists. Just convert your existing phone...
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$24.99 | ||
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RingCentral Office: unlimited calling and faxing, from 24.99/user and up.
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$26.99 | ||
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Use 8x8's IP Trunking to expand and supplement your IP-connected office. 8x8's SIP Trunk...
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$29.99 | ||
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$21.95 per month for unlimited calling to 48 states and access to all of Jive's PBX features....
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$21.95 | ||
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Convert your current phone system to VoIP.
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$24.95 |
Technically speaking, SIP stands for "Session Initiation Protocol." SIP Trunking refers to blending data and voice connections into a single line. Instead of using both a phone network and a data network, you can use the Internet to transfer your voice and your data. SIP trunking uses your onsite PBX (that’s the telephone switching system that you already have) to route the calls. But the difference in price comes from the consolidation of your connections and the increased efficiency that brings.
Some of the benefits of SIP:
- Increased reliability, backed by the SIP Trunk Providers
- Caller ID
- DID calling for every extension
- Local and long distance calling
- E911
Last Updated: 02/08/2012 10:02 AM
