More U.S. businesses adopt VoIP, but retain traditional voice lines: In-Stat

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – About 20% of U.S. businesses are now using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), but 44% of those company’s have retained their traditional voice lines, according to research company In-Stat. In its research paper, Business VoIP: Multiple Flavours Drive Growth, In-Stat predicts that two-thirds of U.S. businesses will have some form of VoIP service by 2011. “VoIP is particularly attractive to businesses with dispersed workforces, where long-distance savings can be easily achieved,” says In-Stat analyst David Lemelin. “However, VoIP is not typically embraced as the sole source of voice communications for the vast majority of businesses that have...