When it comes to saving money for small businesses, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a good solution. But not all VoIP systems are built the same. So when you’re ready to use this technology for your business, beware of these common VoIP pitfalls.

When a technology that promises to cut the expense of your old technology in half is released on the market, it certainly can raise some eyebrows. We all know, when a deal sounds too good to be true, it usually is. So when it comes to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and its claims of radically reducing phone costs, what’s the catch? Here are some issues you need to watch out for.

Everyone is talking about it. By it, I mean Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)—a popular, cheap, and effective way to provide telephony to businesses. But you probably didn’t know that VoIP has been around since 1974, did you?

The very first type of VoIP call was known as Network Voice Protocol (NVP) and was made in August of 1974. From there it was turned into the technology we know and use today by a company called Vocaltec in 1995, and in 1998 the first PC to Phone calls began.