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Why You Should Choose VoIP: Four Ways to Sleep Longer

By Ashley Caputo TMCnet Web Editor

As the demand for Voice over IP (VoIP) steadily increases, the public switched telephone network (PSTN) is becoming a thing of the past, and as predicted by the industry, will soon become extinct. In effort to reiterate this notion, VoIP Review revealed four ways to persuade all of the VoIP non-believers to convert from their PSTN – ensuring a good night’s sleep.

• Do Not Disturb

VoIP users have the same ability as hotel guests do when they want to sleep late and do not want to be bothered by any outsiders. With the “Do Not Disturb” feature, all incoming calls can be instantly directed to a user’s voicemail without the phone ever ringing so they will not be bothered by any noise, or anybody for that matter.

• Unwanted or Anonymous Calls

Most of the time when users receive a block or anonymous number, usually with an area code attached that they have never heard of, it is spam. Instead of having to go through the trouble of physically filtering out the calls, or even answering the phone out of sheer instinct, VoIP users can reject these calls automatically. But before the call is redirected, the feature also allows a brief message to play explaining why the call was rejected, just in case the caller wanted to know.

• Filtering Calls

Along with redirecting and blocking calls, VoIP users have the ability to filter an incoming call to more than one direction depending on what credentials they meet. It can send callers to voicemail, a different business line or accept only calls from friends and families, which can all be adjusted based on a user’s mood. There are times when users want to shut their phone off, but can’t for only particular need or another, but thanks to the adjustable filter this problem can be solved.

• Are you on the Whitelist or Blacklist?

Have you ever been whitelisted or blacklisted by another caller? If so, than you know how it works, and with the VoIP feature, these lists can both be customized to meet the needs of a caller. If a user wants a particular caller to be able to reach their phones than they will add this number to the whitelist, but if a user does not want this same person calling during dinnertime, they can add them to the blacklist for that time bracket.

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