05/05/2020
Reliability – VoIP vs Analog Phone System. What will Future Hold for You?
Word gets around that the one slight edge that analog has over VoIP is its reliability. And it’s indeed true in the past decades, as analog systems always have a consistent performance on call quality. But in the long-run, it’s NOT true.
The technology that analog phone systems rely on – landlines – are becoming obsolete and increasingly losing support. Many providers including BT (UK), AT&T / Verizon (US), NTT (Japan), DE Telekoms (Germany) have announced the discontinuation of line-based telephony. And the global shutdown on the ISDN network is estimated to come by 2030.
This means that the worldwide transition to broadband and IP services has already begun. Your analog phone system (landline) might be reliable today, but it may lose the edge in the next decades with less support.
In contrast, VoIP business phone systems, with continuous innovation and improvement, has greater potential to perform well for years to come. In fact, according to a new report from market research firm Global Market Insights, the worldwide VoIP market will hit 55 billion dollars by 2025, with 175% increase from the current level of $20 billion. And greater market size means greater investment and efforts to improve the technology.
