.: VoIP Solutions For The VoIP Challenged
By:Holly Dodd
Category:Home / Technology / VOIP
I’m pretty electronics savvy but I must admit, I have missed the VoIP boat. Until I did research for a recent article, I had no idea what VoIP was, in fact, I didn’t even know how to pronounce it. This is a technology that isn’t going away for awhile so I think we all better sit down for a little VOIP 101…
First of all, how do you pronounce VoIP? “Vee-oh-eye-pee” – surprised? Yeah so was I. I thought you pronounced it as it is spelled, my bad. And what is VoIP anyway? VoIP stands for “Voice Over Internet Protocol” – okay, I know what the internet is but what about protocol? According to Wikipedia, when pertaining to communications and commuting protocol is: a set of rules governing communication between electronic devices. So basically VoIP is a way for our voices to be carried over the internet, an internet telephone!
VoIP has become really popular over the past couple of years because it is so much cheaper than making phone calls from a traditional land line. As VoIP’s popularity has grown so has the number of VoIP services available and costs continue to decline.
When VoIP first appeared, almost 10 years ago, the quality of VoIP phone calls was bad. This poor audio was due to slow internet eservices available at the time. As internet providers have increased speed so has the quality of VoIP, along with its popularity. VoIP phones working with a broadband connection allows conversations to have no loss of sound quality at all but VoIP calls through anything less than a DSL speed modem will be of poor quality, with annoying drop outs, in other words, don’t bother if you don’t have DSL.
VOIP is much cheaper than traditional calling with most VoIP service providers saving people anywhere from 30% to 80% off their phone bill. Look for plans that offer unlimited calling for one low monthly fee, usually less than $25 per month. You can even use your normal telephones when they are hooked into special adapters that will connect to your internet connection.
A quick online search will turn up dozens of VoIP service providers, the most popular being Vonage, Packet 8 and and AT&T. Because this is new technology, there are lots of new entries every month so do a comparison before you sign up. I guess VoIP is here to stay, from what I can see, there are no drawbacks. If you are looking to lower your telephone costs, and jump into this great new technology check into VoIP.
Article keywords: voip, voip service, voip solution, voip service provider, voip telephone, voip telephony
Article Source: http://www.articles32.com
Webmaster Holly Dodd loves finding answers to questions. More VoIP information can be found at: www.worldvoiptelephony.info and Holly's blog at: www.blog.buckstopper.com
.: New VOIP Articles
1). 6 Voice Over IP Tips
There are many benefits to VoIP. Here are 6 benefits we found to voice over ip. You may be able to think of even more reasons to switch or to include this exciting way to communicate at reduced prices.
2). Top 10 Reasons You Should Switch To VoIP
If you are considering changing to voice over internet protocol or VoIP for short you need to know the arguments for changing. Here are our top 10 reasons to switch to VoIP.
3). 7 Good Reasons Not To Switch To Voice Over IP Technology
For every positive there is a negative when it comes to voice over ip technology. Here are 7 good reasons not to switch in spite of the savings you may realize.
4). How To Choose The Best Voice Over Ip Provider
Choosing the best voice over ip provider may require you to do something that you have never done before. Here are a few tips to help you choose the best voice over ip provider.
5). Residential VoIP: Things to Consider Before Switching
Choosing VoIP over traditional telephone services has its pros and cons just like anything else. It is up to the consumer to weigh the advantages and disadvantages, and to come to a conclusion with eyes wide open.
6). Advantages of IP Telephony for the Residential Consumer
As more of us are building our own local area networks at home to connect our family members to each others data and appliances, broadband connections to the outside world have expanded our pipe to the Internet, giving us plenty of bandwidth to consider converging our home network with voice over IP telephony.
7). VoIP Communication Technology
VoIP... or Voice Over Internet Protocol, is the latest and greatest communications technology.
.: Top VOIP Articles
1). VoIP Problems?
Well of course there's VoIP problems, although I think problems is too strong of a word. Instead I would call this VoIP issues. (Just semantics? maybe, read on!)
Some may be old enough to remember making long distance calls where there was static or crackling on the phone line connection. Maybe you remember having to speak LOUDER in order to be heard on the line.
2). How To Set Up A Business VoIP System
To set up a business VoIP system, you need several components. A central device to manage the calls, the way a private branch exchange (PBX) or key system unit (KSU) does in traditional phone systems is one of them.
This can be a dedicated piece of hardware such as an IP PBX, a regular PBX that has been IP-enabled, or a server running specialized software.
3). VoIP Information: Benefits & Drawbacks
Once upon a time, a telephone was just a telephone. You set the base in your home and it featured either a corded or cordless handset for talking to family and friends. Even though that same telephone remains the standard, VoIP, which stands for Voice over Internet Protocol, is increasing in popularity and gradually beginning to change the way that the world sends and receives telephone calls.
4). Skype versus Yahoo
With the influx of complaints regarding Skype’s fall from grace, Danny Wirken measures up the top competitor and internet giant Yahoo!’s news internet telephony service.
Cheaper, faster, better quality, better customer service and a brand you can trust. These are the things Yahoo! want you take away from any of their promotional material for the new Yahoo! voice VoIP service.
5). Voice Over Ip – What Is It And What Are The Choices?
Voice over Internet Protocol. First was the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell had a vision. He saw people communicating over long distances with their own voice, not trough beeps and squeaks. Then came the Internet. A few students and the US military had a vision, somewhat similar to Bell’s. They saw people communicating over long distances, but this time in writing.
6). Why VOIP?
Voice Over Internet Protocol delivers the service of converting the analog line into a digital signal so that voice could be transferred through the internet and this proves to be a lot cheaper than the PSTN (public switched telephone network). Voip is the best for making long distance calls in, inexpensive rates.
Voip and IP telephony are fields which have seen extensive growth and they continue to develop efficiently.
7). Advanced VoIP Gateway Technology
Increased demand for video-based applications in the mobile network drive the deployment of 3G networks. Inherent complexities in traditional video gateways cause performance bottlenecks and inflate costs. If the industry expects to absorb the impending explosion in demand, these proposed cost-saving and complexity-reducing changes are needed.
Unrelenting market demand for video-based applications over mobile networks is driving the increased deployment of 3G networks.