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Voice Over Internet Protocol
By Alan Jason Smith, Sat Dec 10th
By: Alan Jason Smith Site: http://www.joovoip.com
With VOIP technology, you can now place a phone call to someoneon the other side of the world using your broadband internetconnection rather than a telephone. VOIP technology, in essence,takes the analog signals from your voice and converts them intodigital signals able to travel over the internet. Then, at theother end, VOIP converts the digital signal back to the spokenword. Types of VOIP service vary.
Some VOIP providers only allow you to call other users of thesame VOIP provider; other VOIP providers allow you to callanyone with a telephone. To break it down, there are three basictypes of VOIP service: With an ATA (an analog voice adaptor),which is box that connects your computer (or your internetconnection) to your telephone for VOIP use. With an IP phone, aspecial VOIP phone that is by all appearances a regulartelephone but with special Ethernet connectors allowing you tohook it up to your router. Before long, WIFI VOIP phones will beon the market, allowing you to place a VOIP call from anyinternet hot-spot.With just your computer, you can install VOIPsoftware and place, for free sometimes, VOIP phone callsanywhere in the world.
Get a sound card, speakers, a microphone, and an internetconnection, preferably broadband, and you�re good to go.Probably one of the most apparent benefits of VOIP is how itrelieves you of the need to pay the telephone company for phoneservice. That's one more bill out of your life! You only need topay your broadband bill (plus VOIP charges) to have yourtelephoning needs met as well, and a VOIP bill is usually muchcheaper than a phone bill. If you carry an internet-enabledlaptop with you wherever you go, say, on a vacation, then allyou need
to do is bring your VOIP adapter and/or IP telephoneand you've got service as good as, if not sometimes better than,a cell phone.You must also consider the disadvantages beforediving in and going VOIP. For one, your VOIP service may notrespond well during power outages and server failures. If yourinternet is ever out, your VOIP will be out as well, and thusyour ability to place phone calls.
Additionally, not all VOIP providers offer 9-1-1 or directoryassistance calls. Before purchasing VOIP hardware and service,make sure the VOIP company you choose provides the services youneed. Interestingly enough, you may have been placing VOIP callsfor a long time now without even knowing it. Telephone companieshave been using VOIP technology to make their services moreefficient. You can also expect most of the same features fromyour VOIP service provider as you currently get from your phonecompany. VOIP service often includes caller ID, call waiting,call transfer, return call, and other convenient features you�reused to.
Additionally some VOIP providers offer call-filtering services,letting you choose how calls from a designated number are dealtwith. Maybe you forward the call to a different numberelsewhere, maybe the caller gets a busy signal from you, or amessage saying your number is �no longer in service�. Some evenallow you to check your voicemail over VOIP and add voicemessages as email attachments.VOIP is a burgeoning technologywith extremely promising possibilities ahead of it. Before long,Ma Bell may become obsolete.
About the author:About The Author:
Alan Jason Smith is the owner of http://www.joovoip.com which isa great place to find VOIP links, resources and articles. Formore information go to: http://www.joovoip.com
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