VoIP :: A New Era?
Justin Brown
Following the arrival of VoIP, or Voice Over Internet Protocol, the internet techies have been raving about it, and it is now one of the hottest new technologies around, but what is it and why is it talked about so much?
Well let's begin with what VoIP is. In short, it allows you to make phone calls over the internet using your broadband connection, but has many benefits:
- You can make phone calls from virtually anywhere in the world to anywhere else using your computer.
- Depending on the speed of your connection, you are able to make several calls at the same time.
- If you move home, you are able to keep your same number, even if you move from one side of the world to the other. As you do not have an actual land line, but a converter that has a number assigned, as long as keep the converter with you, you can plug it into any broadband connection and immediately utilize your usual number for making and receiving calls.
Another benefit of VoIP, which many will find useful, and be an attractive feature for many businesses, is the ability to connect to your office phone, whether it be from a hotel or from home. This will enable company personnel to work out of the office, but still have access to all of the office phone system features.
VoIP can also be very cost effective, especially when making long-distance calls. This factor has meant that telephone service providers have to compete with VoIP, in turn ensuring pricing is much more competitive.
At the beginning, the voice quality for those using VoIP was not as good as with a traditional phone line. However the continual technological advancements have meant that the difference in quality is now not as apparent.
So how does it work?
To begin with your voice is converted into bytes so that it can be compressed, split it into packets, and transmitted over the internet. These packets, which contain a collection of information, including the origin, timestamp, and intended destination of the packet, is then converted at the receivers end so that your voice is recognised.
There are many that are already abandoning existing telephone networks and solely using VoIP. For a wealth of information on VoIP take a look at http://www.voip-serviceproviders.info.
About the author:
Justin Brown owns and runs http://www.voip-serv
iceproviders.info where visitors can read more information
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The latest information and news on VoIP :
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Grandstream Networks, Bandwidth.com and VoIP Supply Align to Provide Full Sol...
Grandstream Networks, Bandwidth.com and VoIP Supply aim to capture the SMB market with a full solution package.
Indian Regulator Approves VOIP (CommunicationsDirect)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is moving to relax restrictions on telcos and ISPs offering VOIP services in a bid to encourage the adoption of broadband services and push down the cost of rural telephony. In a letter to the Department of Telecom, the regulator notes that "policy and regulatory...
Fluke Networks acquires Viola VoIP management assets (Network World)
Fluke Networks' acquisition will enable the vendor to broaden its VoIP analysis capabilities and provide customers with pre-assessment, active network-performance and call-manager monitoring and visibility features.
Sony Gaming On Cellular Market (Forbes)
New version of PlayStation Portable comes with microphone to make VoIP calls.
Indian Regulator Approves VOIP (Light Reading)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is moving to relax restrictions on telcos and ISPs offering VOIP services in a bid to encourage the adoption of broadband services and push down the cost of rural telephony.
Raketu Releases RakOut Dialout VoIP WebPhone Service for Mac and Linux Users ...
Raketu, a leading global Internet communications, information, entertainment, and social networking company, today released its beta RakOut WebPhone. The new service allows Mac, Linux, and Windows users to make computer-to-phone Voice over Internet Protocol calls from any web browser, on any computer, without a download. This is in addition to the existing RakWeb, browser-based communications, ...
Nortel goes 3D with web.alive (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Enterprise communications vendor Nortel has acquired 3D audio technology firm DiamondWare in a $10m move designed to enhance its VoIP, multimedia and voice conferencing capabilities.