As a corporation, you have no choice but to represent yourselves as a serious business for which professionalism is second-hat.  Corporate customers have corporate expectations.  And any breakdown in your communication systems will not casually be excused as no big deal.  In fact, you will quickly lose customers and your customers will quickly lose confidence in your company, if your phone system gives them the impression that you “cut corners” on the basics.  But in today’s tight economy, with bankruptcy often on the brink of your teetering existence, the first temptation is to cut corners on such essentials as the phone system.  The phone system became such a staple in your everyday operations, you failed to realize that it was holding everything together—just because email stole the spotlight. 

Don’t forget that your business cannot survive and definitely won’t grow without the ability to communicate voice to voice with customers and potential clients. 

The good news is that you CAN save money WITHOUT cutting corners.  Your customers don’t care about the backbone of your system integration.  They only care about the quality of service.   With an Asterisk based phone system, you can keep the same quality, flexibility and capability of all the big name brands without paying a huge upfront investment and ongoing exorbitant licensing fees.