Just like our customers, here at Carolina Digital Phone, we are focused on ways of being more efficient, productive, and leaner. This is an incredibly competitive field, and “doing more with less” is not just helpful for success, but it is necessary for long-term survival. However, there is one thing that we will NEVER have, regardless of the alleged cost savings: a technical support outsourcing strategy. Below, we highlight the 4 key reasons why we have not, do not, and will never have a technical support outsourcing strategy: 1. There is no substitute for rapid, responsive, and LOCAL service. We simply cannot meet...

The Hosted PBX VoIP Market should reach Multimillion USD by 2028, according to a new study. This growth is attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. The demand for Hosted PBX solutions increases, as a result. Businesses want ways to keep their employees connected and productive and improve cost savings. This need became critical during the pandemic.  Companies relocated workers to remote locations, and that need remains important.The report examines the competition, supply, and demand trends. Additionally, key factors contribute to its changing demands across many markets. Company profiles and product examples of selected competitors are provided for the market year 2022.In...

Tax season is here, which means that accounting firms need to be at their very best. Below, we highlight 5 Key Ways VoIP Can Help Accounting Firms to outperform and outpace their competition now and into the future: Total Mobility for Accounting Firms Among the biggest and most important ways that VoIP (short for Voice over Internet Protocol) phone systems can help accounting firms maximize productivity, efficiency, and client service is by enabling total mobility. All employees can make and receive calls from anywhere, simply by using an app on their smartphone. When an employee makes outgoing calls with the app, the accounting...

Regardless of your business, your long-term success takes more than just your love of what you do and your ambition. It is basically a question of whether or not you are making sales. Having the right tools to be competitive in today's high-tech world is critical.Sales play an integral role in businesses. They help stimulate local economic growth, support communities and encourage corporate social responsibility. Ultimately, sales are the driving force that makes this achievable.Thinking about how to boost sales and execute your vision? Texting services provide a solution for both startups and established businesses. Let's explore business texting, marketing,...

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a cloud-based phone system technology that enables businesses to make internet calls using a phone. It is quickly becoming the preferred choice for businesses that are looking to streamline their communication and reduce their costs. In this article, we will discuss the benefits of VoIP, how to choose the right VoIP provider, setting up VoIP, and getting the most out of it. What is VoIP? VoIP is a type of technology that allows voice and multimedia communications to be sent over the internet. It works by converting analog audio signals into digital data packets, which are...

Goodbye operator, hello self-service AT&T has given customers advance notice that it will end its Operator and Directory Assistance services on January 1, 2023. The company attributes this decision to cutting-edge technology, such as online directories and voice recognition software. AT&T decided to change its policy in response to the rising popularity of online search engines and digital directories. Customers can now only access directory information by using voice recognition software on mobile devices or through AT&T's online directory. Although this may be an inconvenience for some, AT&T will still provide operator services for emergency calls and collect calls. Who does this affect? This...

At Carolina Digital Phone, we have been proudly serving customers for more than two decades. And one of the most frequent things we hear from our prospective customers goes something like this:  “We are really impressed by various aspects of your VoIP phone system, such as the cost savings, off-site system management, scalability, flexibility, and features. But we aren’t 100% sure about dependability, because we aren’t familiar with VoIP in our environment. So tell us, is VoIP reliable?” For Carolina Digital Phone customers, the answer to this pivotal question is an unqualified YES. Here are the 5 reasons why: 1. Is VoIP Reliable?...

There are some solutions on the business landscape that are not just beneficial, but they are fundamentally transformative — and switching to VoIP phone service is definitely on this list!  Below we highlight 5 game-changing benefits of VoIP phone service: 1. VoIP Phone Service Unleashes Total Mobility  With a conventional landline phone system, employees need to juggle multiple phones - each with a different number: the corporate office phone, their home office phone, and their personally-owned smartphone (and in some cases, a corporately-supplied smartphone as well). Not only is this tedious, but it leads to frustrated colleagues and angry customers who never know the...

An Internet Protocol (IP)-based phone system is much more than a few new phones plugged into your network. It transforms your phone system into a next-generation communications hub, complete with cutting-edge technologies that let your organization deliver better customer service while cutting costs. An IP-based phone system piggybacks on your IP-network, connecting to the public-switched telephone network (PSTN) via your internet connection. Use this checklist to sell management on a new IP-based phone system: Reduce the cost of phone charges.IP telephony can significantly reduce the cost of your long-distance charges. It also reduces the number of circuits to the PSTN you...

While many of us are used to our hard-wired phones and the reliability they offer in communications, this channel does not offer easy integration into the all-IP network. A number of companies have already made the move to deploy IP phones in order to leverage VoIP capabilities in the enterprise, yet the recession halted some of that spending.You may not realize just how big of a business it is, though. According to the latest statistics, there are one billion people using VoIP services by the end of 2017. Given that there are only 7.5 billion people in the world, that...