Standard features of a VoIP phone

A VoIP phone set plays an important role in enjoying a complete peace of mind when using your internet phone service. Let us discuss today, what common yet important features you should look for in your VoIP phone. Next time, you go out to shop for a VoIP phone make sure your phone has all the features discussed below.

LCD display

Gone are the days when people had to keep on staring at monochrome displays. New VoIP phones include LCD as an important feature. A VoIP phone with LCD makes it easy to monitor everything happening on your phone. Make sure the set you are buying has an LCD.

Keys for programming features

There are different VoIP phone sets available in the market. Some of them still follow the old style of giving fewer keys to program different features. However, many modern phone sets offer separate keys for that purpose. If your VoIP handset has those keys, it will take a lot less time to program these features.

Minimum ports required

Two of the main ports used for connecting VoIP handsets are RJ-11 and RJ-45. RJ 11 is used to connect your phone with the ADSL line while the RJ-45 port ensures that you can connect the phone with LAN (local area network).

Duplex support

Most of the VoIP handsets available today are full duplex which means you can communicate both ways at the same time but even then it is better to ask before buying.

Headphone jack

It is required to connect your VoIP headset.

Multilingual support

A friendly VoIP handset must support many languages.

Customized ringtone

There are times when you only want to attend to some special contacts. You can assign these contacts with specific ringtones to only attend the phone for these contacts.

Encryption

Many VoIP phones also support the encryption. Support for encryption increases security for all phone calls.