How did we arrive at these numbers?
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For years, we’ve been saying that our cloud-based voice services, or Cloud PBX, can save businesses up to 50 percent on their phone costs.
Recently, one of our retail partners challenged us to prove it.
So we did.
We took a sampling of 19 small business “pre-customers” that had received firm price quotes for our Cloud PBX service as of December 2014. These businesses were considering replacing their phone systems. We asked them for copies of their monthly bills from their current phone services providers, and compared what we found there to our Cloud PBX pricing.
AT&T • CenturyLink • YipTel
Integra • Verizon • Charter
Alcatel-Lucent • Allworx
Panasonic • Samsung
For the 19 customers, we averaged out the monthly service costs for the following:
In addition, we averaged the upfront costs of an on-premises PBX phone system, plus the deskphones themselves. "We focused on systems that support up to 15 lines.
Here’s what we found.
By reducing your business phone services bills, your savings quickly add up over time—nearly 53% off your phone costs on average.
But when you choose Intermedia, you also save on day one. That’s because there’s no PBX hardware to buy. And with our free deskphone promotion, you can even get your phones for free, too.
How many phone lines?
Current Provider | Intermedia | |
---|---|---|
Line fee (per line) | $ |
$ 30.99 |
Local fee (per line) | $ |
--- |
Long distance fee (per line) | $ |
--- |
Carrier fees (per line) | $ |
$ 1.50 |
Current provider
$ 998Intermedia
$ 472How many desk phones do you have?
Current Provider | Intermedia | |
---|---|---|
Desk phone*
Total desk phone costs |
$ |
$ 0.00 |
PBX System** | $ |
$ 0.00 |
* Intermedia offers a free 2-line VoIP phone with every Cloud PBX line—a $137.99 retail value
** Varies by model. This number represents the average cost faced by Intermedia customers in this study
Current provider
$ 5,313Intermedia
$ 0.00Current Provider | Intermedia | |
---|---|---|
Yearly maintenance costs (typically, 10% of hardware costs) |
$ |
$ 0.00 |
*The Cloud PBX savings calculator only provides an estimate of your potential savings and is used for illustrative purposes only. The estimate is non-binding between you and Intermedia. Your actual experience with Intermedia’s Cloud PBX service may vary from the estimate presented by the calculator.
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