Why anyone would use anything other than an Asterisk VoIP PBX for a business VoIP solution is beyond me. The same business VoIP solution of a proprietary nature would cost at least five to ten times the amount for a business VoIP system that has probably less features that come as standard.

Asterisk has taken the business VoIP PBX world by absolute blitzkrieg, The best part about it is that it is free. As far as business VoIP PBX features are concerned it is as feature rich as one of those feature rich things. Not only that there are so many developers working on new ones and giving them away as soon as they are operable that it can out strip any proprietary system as there is no unified entity that is forced to pay for all the development.

The features we are talking about that are already integral to an Asterisk VoIP PBX are emailed voice mail which is a very nifty thing. This usually costs the earth and having a missed call recording pop up in you outlook in box is fantastic. Another great feature you get when installing an Asterisk business VoIP PBX is either music or company messages while your customer is in the call queue. This is something that was only reserved for huge business and multi nationals but is now available to a business for about four grand.

Perhaps the most impressive feature of a business VoIP PBX with Asterisk is the IVR. This is an Interactive Voice Response. Basically it is what you hear when you ring a huge business and you are asked to press a number to get through to a particular department or person. Again before Asterisk had this as a free feature in it's business VoIP PBX suite it was a feature that was sold for an absolute mint. And with good reason too. How much is it worth to be able to make a small business look like a very large business or at least incorporate the telephony features of a very large business. It is worth the most to a small business but it was this precise market that needed it but could not afford it. Not any more , again for the measly sum of a couple of grand a small business can implement an Asterisk business VoIP PBX and get all this stuff installed in an afternoon.

With all these features and more coming standard with an Asterisk business VoIP PBX package it is a case of what small business can afford not to have one installed rather than who can afford to get themselves one of these systems as the paramount question. A business Asterisk VoIP PBX really can change a way a small business operates for the better. All while bringing down the call costs incurred by the small business that installed it.

Business VoIP PBX's are revolutionizing the way we do business and if you are thinking of purchasing a VoIP service then you just cannot look past an Asterisk VoIP PBX for a business.