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We’ve added a new “Quick Compare” grid to our menu that we are calling “Summary”. We designed it to show the most distinquishing features between each of the virtual pbx providers we’ve reviewed. It should give you a good sense for the main differences at a glance. For a more detailed comparison be sure to use our Detailed Compare option, or check out our in-depth Reviews.
We just finished our Review of My1Voice. Make sure you check it out for all the details.
All in all we find it a great basic virtual pbx. It may lack a few of the more advanced features some of the more established virtual pbx providers offer, however it does have all of the main functions most small businesses or home offices would be looking for. We have no complaints about their customer service, as they were very responsive and answered our questions easily when we ran into issues. This seems to be a sentiment shared by their existing customers as well.
My1Voice offers bundled minutes with each plan, ranging from 150 – which admittedly is on the lower end - but then makes up for it with 1,000 minutes on there Best Value plan, and 2,000 on their More Minutes Plan. Their plan pricing is very competitive, with their low end plan coming in at $10 month, with no long term contract required, and their top end More Minutes plan being $50 a month. My1Voice also joins Phone.com and Grasshopper in offering unlimited extensions on all plans.
We are happy to announce the official launch of two new long awaited features from Phone.com.
Call Screening and Call Tagging now round out a long list of great features available within Phone.com’s Virtual Office product line. Once again Phone.com proves that it is responsive in listening to their customers needs and requests for additional features.
* With Call Screening, once you receive a call to your Phone.com number, based on your call handling rules it can be forwarded to your cell phone, for example. When you answer the call you will hear a message:
“You have received a call to [Your Phone.com number] from [the caller's true number]. Press 1 to accept. Press 2 to reject.”
You will now know who is calling you and what number they were trying to connect with. This can be extremely helpful in circumstances where you may have multiple phone numbers forwarded to your mobile phone. You can then choose to either accept or reject their call by simply pressing a button. Read More
The growing demand for virtual phone systems has led to a rapid increase in the number of VoIP companies offering this service. A virtual phone service contains many different call management features that will allow you to handle customer calls more efficiently, while making inter-office communications easier. If you aren’t using a virtual phone system for your small business yet, consider trying one out to explore the many ways it can improve your business communications.
Each company provides the same basic services, but some go beyond the basiscs and offer unique and new features that make them stand out from the rest. Here are some of the hottest and latest call management features that are being offered by the leading virtual phone systems available today.
This past May, RingCentral, a leading cloud computing-based business phone services provider, was announced as the winner of the 2009 Webware 100 award in the Communications category, by Webware, a CNET site.
Ring Central was among more than 630,000 votes that were cast by the Web 2.0 user community that was conducted through an online voting poll which ultimately selected the winners. Finalists for the 2009 Webware 100 Awards were selected by the editors of Webware. The Webware 100 award recognizes the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation
Vlad Shmunis, CEO of RingCentral said “We thank the readership community and editors at CNET for naming RingCentral a winner; we are delighted to have won in the Communication category. This award underscores our commitment to leveling the playing field for our small business customers by providing them all the power of an expensive business phone system – without the hassle and expense.” Read More
RingCentral recently revamped their plans a bit, and converted their top two plans into what they are now calling RingCentral Office. Add to that a third level plan with up to 8 incoming lines, and they have created a complete business office phone system with everything a small to mid sized business needs.
If you are looking for a small business phone system where you need multiple incoming lines, multiple local numbers, and you require unlimited minutes because of the volume of outgoing calls you make, then these plans are perfect for you!
We feel the most important feature to highlight in RingCentral Office is the fact that all three plans include Unlimited Minutes! Let me say that again, “Unlimited Minutes”! This is a big deal, because none of the other vendors we review in this space currently offer a plan with unlimited minutes! Other included, no additional cost, features of RingCentral Office include: Read More
