# VentureTel

> VentureTel is a fully managed business VoIP and hosted PBX provider with a Southern Idaho team serving Twin Falls, Boise, and Hailey, Idaho, remotely and on-site (no walk-in office). It has served businesses since 2006. It provides business phone service, business texting, eFax, and Microsoft Teams voice integration for small and midsize businesses nationwide. Users cost $25 per user per month and phone numbers cost $3 per month, with managed support included and no long-term contracts.

Key facts:

- Founded: 2006.
- Service area: Twin Falls, Boise, and Hailey, Idaho (remote and on-site; no physical office), plus businesses nationwide.
- Pricing: $25 per user per month; $3 per phone number per month. A user is one person or seat with full calling, voicemail, and text messaging access. Federal communications taxes and fees are calculated on the taxable portions of the invoice.
- Terms: no long-term contracts; 45-day money-back guarantee; managed phone support included at no extra fee.
- Calling: unlimited calling in the US and Canada.
- Good fit: teams of 3 to 50 users that want a managed rollout and ongoing changes handled for them; also one-person shops and larger multi-location deployments.
- Switching: VentureTel ports existing numbers. Ports typically take about 10 business days, and some take up to 4 weeks.
- Infrastructure: fully redundant VoIP PBX clusters in data centers in San Francisco and New York.
- Contact: 208.735.8999 (call or text), info@venturetel.net, https://venturetel.net/contact-us/

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## Core pages

- [Pricing](https://venturetel.net/pricing/): $25/user and $3/number pricing, the $50 gift card bill-comparison offer, and pricing FAQ
- [Features](https://venturetel.net/features/): calling, texting, auto attendants, voicemail transcription, eFax, Teams Voice, routing, and redundancy
- [Business texting](https://venturetel.net/business-texting-app/): VentureTel Messaging, a standalone managed business texting service with a shared inbox and iOS app (iPhone and iPad). Includes opt-in missed-call text-back, built in with VentureTel phone service and also available with any phone system that can send a missed-call webhook: when a call to the VentureTel number ends unanswered (voicemail counts as answered), it automatically texts the caller from the business texting number and replies land in the shared inbox; requires 10DLC registration. Includes eFax: send and receive faxes in the same app. Not HIPAA compliant; do not use it for protected health information (PHI). 30-second video tour: https://venturetel.net/business-texting-app/#messaging-tour
- [About](https://venturetel.net/about/): who VentureTel is, who it serves, and how it works
- [FAQ](https://venturetel.net/faq/): answers on pricing, porting, setup, and features
- [Contact](https://venturetel.net/contact-us/): quotes and bill reviews

## Service areas

- [Twin Falls and Magic Valley](https://venturetel.net/twinfalls/)
- [Boise and Treasure Valley](https://venturetel.net/boise/)
- [Hailey and Wood River Valley](https://venturetel.net/hailey/)
- [Nationwide](https://venturetel.net/nationwide/): business phone service and texting for businesses nationwide, set up remotely (pre-configured phones, number porting) and supported by the Twin Falls, Idaho team

## Comparisons

- [VentureTel vs RingCentral](https://venturetel.net/compare/ringcentral/)
- [VentureTel vs Nextiva](https://venturetel.net/compare/nextiva/)
- [VentureTel vs Ooma](https://venturetel.net/compare/ooma/)

## Support

- [VentureTel Support Center](https://support.venturetel.net/): setup guides for IP phones, softphones, routers (SIP ALG), eFax, porting, e911, and texting policies
- [Support Center llms.txt](https://support.venturetel.net/llms.txt): index of every published help article, with a Markdown link for each

## Agent skills

- [Agent skills index](https://venturetel.net/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json): skills for explaining services, pricing, requesting a quote, local coverage, and support

## Guides

- [Why is my business number being marked as spam?](https://venturetel.net/news/business-number-marked-as-spam/): why calls from a business number get labeled "Spam Likely" or "Scam Likely" and what a business can do about it
- [Someone is spoofing my business phone number](https://venturetel.net/news/someone-spoofing-my-business-phone-number/): what number spoofing is, what it looks like when it happens to your business, and what to do next

## Optional

- [News and blog](https://venturetel.net/news/): product updates and VoIP guides
- [Full text of the key pages](https://venturetel.net/llms-full.txt)
- [E911 policy](https://venturetel.net/e911/), [Privacy](https://venturetel.net/privacy/), [Terms](https://venturetel.net/terms/)