Your Questions About Internet Business Phone Service
Linda asks…
How do I start my own customer service business from home?
I have all of the makings for a customer service business or job from home. I have the noise canceling headset, high speed internet, fax machine, dedicated phone line(s) and scanner(s). I do not want o get hired by scam companies if I am unsuccessful in starting my own company. Can somebody please help?
Jere answers:
Www.sba.gov
Mary asks…
What type of business should I start?
Hello, I have been in business for myself before and I did make good money, but I did not love the type of work and that particular industry. I have been racking my brain and beating my head on a wall trying to figure out what type of business I should start. I need some ideas to get the wheels turning. Any suggestions?
Jere answers:
Are you talking about a traditional business or a home based business? I found that a home based business was economically better and less to start up. The income opportunity in home based businesses, are the same as traditional businesses. Same tax write offs, except in home based, almost everything you use daily becomes a tax write off and you don’t have all the over head expenses to dish out as well. So your profit margin is higher.
Here’s one idea for you:
My husband and I started a business out of our home over six years ago. We got involved in an International telecommunications service provider that was started back in 1993. It’s a 15 year old, world wide company that’s in numerous countries. It’s the largest direct selling telecommunications service provider in the world. With headquarters in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Charlotte, Amsterdam, Sydney and Montreal.
They have been featured in several magazines like USA Today, Success, Fortune etc. Inc 500 rated them the 22nd fastest growing company in revenue in it’s first five years. They are registered with the BBB as well.
They market in services people use every day and pay for anyway. Services like Local and Long Distance telephones, Internet, Digital, video phones, Satellite TV, and all the major cellular phone companies like T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Nextell, Altell etc with the latest plans and most popular equipment. You help put them on a new 2 year contract plan or upgrading and extending an existing contracts through all the major cellular phone providers. You also help them save money on all their other telecommunication needs as well as Satellite TV. Every single month these people pay their bills, you make a percentage over and over again each month.
How many people do you know, or know of around the world that uses one or more of these services or products? . A lot of money involved in this industry.
A few more ideas to take a look at, located on my 360 page on home based business opportunities. Your more then welcome to take a look. There are over half a dozen different ones to look at for some ideas.
Hope this gives you some ideas!
Tiffany
Thomas asks…
Internet service for tablet on airplane?
My wife is going on a business trip this month and wants to bring along her Samsung Galaxy tab2 for entertainment on the airplane and as needed for business purposes. Currently the tablet doesn’t have an internet service provider and I haven’t had much luck finding the best setup. I was thinking of activating the hot spot on her Verizon phone but am not sure how well that works on the plane and that also disables her phone, I think. Most likely, this will be the only time she’ll use the tablet outside of the house and we’d prefer not to rely on the hope the airplane, hotel, and other places have free wi-fi. Any suggestions are appreciated. THANKS.
Jere answers:
The only way that your wife will be able to access the Internet on the plane is if wi-fi is offered. Keep in mind that not all airlines offer wi-fi on their planes, and even among those that do offer it, they may not offer it on all of their planes. Also, keep in mind that it is not free — there is going to be a cost of anywhere between about $5 and $15, depending upon the airline and the length of the flight.
If the airplane does not have wi-fi capability, she will not be able to access the Internet through any other means. Federal regulations in the US disallow the usage of any electronic device that sends and receives a signal, unless that device has a specific airplane mode setting. This means that the phone could be used in airplane mode, for example, to play games (since no signal will be sent or received), but using a cell phone as a hot spot is prohibited on the plane.
George asks…
have people had a good experience with Magic Jack? Also what is the best free internet service.?
I need an internet service to download Magic Jack.
Jere answers:
I have Magic Jack too my second year and like it. The call quality is good and the features like getting your voicemails send to your email is great.
Magic Jack offers now free conference calling as well. A feature that comes in handy when you have a business. Overall I would recommend Magic Jack. In terms of the internet service, we have DSL, some prefer cable (like Comcast). I would recommend to shop around, DSL is more stable, with cable you might run into outages and then your phone would not work. I don’t think you would find a free internet service nowadays.
Mark asks…
Is is possible to take tax deductions for my high speed internet if I use it for work?
I have Comcast cable internet, and I had gotten it hooked up towards the end of July for the sake of using it with my job. I work for an IT help desk company that handles over the phone support for various clients. I use my internet with a VOIP client to help the clients. Can I take any tax deductions for my high speed internet as a business expense?
Jere answers:
The IRS treats phone lines and Internet service the same — the first one of each is treated as personal non-deductible use.
For phone service you can only deduct the separately billed business long distance calls on the first line. If you have a 2nd business-rate line used exclusively for business use you can deduct that completely.
For Internet service, if you have a business class service you can deduct the price difference between the business class connection and the normal non-business class service rate for the first line.
There’s no way that the IRS is going to believe that an IT pro does not use the Internet for personal use as well as business use. If you have 2 separately billed connections you can deduct the cost of the line connected to your machine that is used exclusively for business use.
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