Studies have recently found that enterprises are boarding the T1 and IP telephony bandwagon is that it enables them to generate substantial cost-savings by using their existing T1 and IP infrastructure for voice traffic.

The benefits of adopting a T1 and IP phone system include:  Connecting remote workers at no extra cost, integrating T1 and IP applications with telephones to harness the best of two technologies and connecting geographically disparate sites together at no extra call cost.  Keep in mind that Internet Protocol telephony deploys the Internet infrastructure to transmit voice and fax calls.

IP phone systems digitize voice and transmit it in the form of packets to unique T1 and IP addresses designated by the user. Slow to get off the blocks, Internet phone systems have gained significant ground in the recent years. This is largely due to the rapid rise of convergence as the ultimate destination for communication technology. 

Also, the T1 and IP phone systems appear simply unstoppable and clearly the future of the global communications. But then why is it still moving at a relatively slow pace? For example, an overwhelming majority of enterprises in upcoming markets still remain unconvinced by its efficacy.

In the developed world too the picture is not so rosy. Apart from this, businesses implementing VOIP phone systems too prefer to remain on line with the traditional wire line telephony.

The reasons are not hard to find. Group studies point towards the a still lingering adverse public perception about reliability, degree of integration with legacy systems, and the money that needs to be pumped into the new applications.

Convergence requires a high degree of customization for companies in different sectors. Experts also point out that converged networks are still to come up with common technical standards that are essential to make the technology ubiquitous.

Besides the remaining hurdles, it clearly emerges that the future belongs to converged networks, which means that we are in for a greater proliferation of voice overT1 and IP phone systems both at the workplace and in life away from office.