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Scenario 1 Micro business run from home
Traditionally a home business would have bought a second line from BT and
fed that line to a handset in the office. More recently the handset
would have been a Dect cordless enabling the phone to be answered from
anywhere in the house. The problem is in the cost, a second line is costly
to install and the monthly rental for a business line is high.
Nowadays most businesses have a broadband connection to the internet. (If
you don't speak to us!) This broadband connection enables you to have:-
- A line with a geographic (e.g. 01223xxxx for Cambridge), 0845 or
0870 number for a very small fee.
- A software 'phone on your PC for nothing, plus perhaps a handset
that acts the same as a normal phone for much the same price as as a
normal 'phone. Or
- If you have a network you can have an IP phone which is independent
of your computer
Note that even if you only have one PC connected direct to broadband it
is cheaper to install a network than install a BT line.

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