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Today a local phone presence can be established with inexpensive technologies such as broad band telephone service and virtual 800 numbers for small business owners and entrepreneurs.
It is often necessary or desirable for a company to establish a virtual local phone presence for on going marketing and advertising or to enhance client relations. Some new hi-tech but low cost technologies such as broad band telephone service and international stand alone 800 service are helping companies to set up a virtual office local number or toll free line from anywhere in the world.
Northampton, PA (PRWEB) February 14, 2004 --ProvideTechnology, LLC a Telecommunications Consulting firm in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania is assisting clients to set up virtual office local numbers all over the US and for that matter all over the globe. Recently there has been considerable press about voice over IP telephone service and most of it has focused on how this technology will impact the residential local telephone providers such as Verizon, Southwest Bell and Bell Atlantic by providing unlimited phone services for local calling and dirt cheap international rates. However currently many small to medium companies and even individual entrepreneurs working in SOHO (small office / home office) environments are using them for a different approach.
Jack Spirko, CEO of ProvideTechnology, LLC commented, "Broad band phone is powerful and far less complicated then most people realize. Anyone with a broadband connection can get VoIP today for a very low price and many providers will allow you to set up service with incoming calls only for about 9.95 a month. The equipment is plug and play so anyone can install it and you can get local numbers in every major US city as well as local numbers in the UK and Israel as well. If a client in Dallas, TX wanted to set up a Philadelphia virtual office they simply choose a local Philadelphia number and plug his voice over IP phone into his DSL or Cable Modem connection and like magic a local phone presence in Philadelphia is established. The client can now receive unlimited calls from his Philadelphia location for 8.95 a month. Now to understand how powerful this really is the client bringing up the virtual office local number does not need to be in the U.S. In fact a company in India, England or anywhere in the world can set up a local U.S. number and the incoming rate is only 9.95 a month. In fact a client could set up numbers in 4 cities and establish four virtual offices under $40 and that is pretty amazing".
ProvideTechnology offers this service from iConnectHere available at http://providetechnology.com/iconnecthere.htm (a Internet telephony voice over IP provider) and states that sales of all their IP providers have been brisk since the press buzz on VoIP started back in December last year. There is however, one drawback to voice over IP service for those wanting to create a local phone presence or virtual office local number and that is by their very nature they require a high speed Internet connection. Of course many customers still cant get broad band services today due to geography issues for these clients and for clients who want added services such as the ability to track advertising and passively build a database of inbound callers Mr. Spirkos company recommends another solution in the form of international stand alone 800 services.
Mr. Spirko commented, "What we do is teach our clients how to get a 800 number with out the need to switch service providers. These are called stand alone 800 services and they allow a lot of flexibility for companies to leverage advertising and increase their local presence as well. For a low fee of just $2.00 a month the client can bring up an 800 toll free number that will ring to any location they chose to point it in the world. The small business and individual entrepreneur typically use this service to provide a toll free number for clients responding to advertisements outside of their local calling area and the service comes with free tracking for all inbound calls a detailed case study of this function is available on our website at http://providetechnology.com/trackadvertising.htm in addition companies in any location in the world can use this service to provide a toll free number in the United States that will ring to any number anywhere in the world. It is really quite incredible for a service that starts at only 2 dollars. The best part is that it can be set up and running in only a few moments. We have even set up a wizard to help people chose the right stand alone 800 service at http://infinitephone.net/800Service.htm that has been very well received".
About ProvideTechnology, LLC – ProvideTechnology is a technology consulting company that offers services such Broad Band Phone Service, On Demand Conference Calling, Stand Alone 800 Numbers, Internet Marketing, T1 and Dedicated Services and Technology Consulting to its clients. More information can be found at the companys website located at http://www.providetechnology.com and the companys CEO, Jack Spirko can be reached for comment at 866-994-1212 or by email at jack@providetechnology.com.
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