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VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone systems have been around for a couple of decades now, offering better call quality, more scalability, and a lower monthly bill, among other benefits. But it’s not just the calling itself that a VoIP phone system will help you with — it’s virtually every
The COVID-19 crisis has had a profound effect on the hotel industry, and it’s hard to say how long-lasting the repercussions will be. In the meantime, hotels are doing everything they can to cut costs without losing any of the features and services that make them so valuable to their
In August of 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules that implement two federal laws designed to strengthen emergency calling from multi-line systems like hotels, office buildings, hospitals, and so on. The two laws are Kari’s Law and section 506 of the Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems aren’t particularly new, but the hotel industry has been surprisingly behind the times when it comes to adopting new technologies. Some hotels even have a hybrid system, where the hotel’s connection to the outside world is handled through a VoIP system, but the individual
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) has been around for decades. Rather than using old-fashioned analog phone lines, which transmit signals through copper cables that were laid all over the country more than a century ago, a VoIP system transmits phone and data signals through a hotel’s broadband internet connection. As
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a serious toll on the hotel industry, greater than anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes. Occupancy and booking are down, airlines are hardly operating, vacations have been canceled, and the summer surge that many hotels rely on probably won’t happen at all. As a result,
