Agriculture, energy services, and tourism all drive strong seasonal swings across the Peace Country, and a lot of local businesses staff up and down accordingly. The problem is most traditional phone systems don't flex the same way your workforce does.
Adding five seasonal staff to a legacy phone system often means new hardware, new lines, and a technician visit, all for people who might only be with you for a few months. A cloud based system built for scaling lets you add users during your busy season and scale back down afterward, without paying for capacity you don't need the rest of the year.
If your business ramps up every spring or summer and quiets down in the off season, it's worth checking whether your phone system is actually built to handle that, or whether you're paying year round for a peak season setup.