| echnologies have made as sudden an impact on the | | | | customer to another. If you and your friends, family, |
| telecommunications industry as Voice Over Internet | | | | business partners or clients have access to the same |
| Protocol (VOIP). In a matter of only years, VOIP has | | | | VOIP service, the calls are gratis with most providers. |
| changed the way people think about their phone | | | | Freeing customers from the bonds of big |
| service and, more specifically, the power of the | | | | telecommunications companies. For far too long, big |
| Internet. But is it all just talk, or are there real benefits to | | | | telecom providers have held their customers hostage |
| be had for you and your business? The following | | | | with high prices and long-term commitments. VOIP |
| information sheds some light on the most important | | | | providers, on the other hand, have taken things in |
| ways VOIP can change the way you call.How is VOIP | | | | another direction. By giving people more power to |
| Technology Changing the Phone Business? | | | | choose their own calling plans and remove the limits |
| Here are 5 ways VOIP technology is reshaping the | | | | that long-term contracts have placed on them. |
| phone business around the world: | | | | By helping businesses save money. Businesses that |
| Unifying Internet and Phone Technology. One of the | | | | choose to work with VOIP technology can potentially |
| promises of modern consumer electronics is the | | | | save thousands of dollars on infrastructure costs. |
| synthesis of varying utilities in a single hub (or | | | | Without having to worry about heavy phone |
| videogame machine would be our web browser, etc.). | | | | installations, equipment and draconian service |
| VOIP helps realize this promise by giving people the | | | | arrangements, businesses of all sizes can use much |
| power to control their phone communications from | | | | needed funds to develop their business in other ways. |
| their computer. | | | | VOIP usage for businesses and individuals has seen |
| Ending the reliance on land-line phones. Already, millions | | | | double-digit growth in each of the past several years. |
| of individuals have given up their traditional land-line | | | | This is happening because more people are learning |
| phones in favor of their cell phones. Now, more and | | | | about this innovative, ground-breaking technology and |
| more people are cutting the cord because of access | | | | jumping on board. Low start up costs and |
| to VOIP. | | | | easy-access are also helping to fuel this growth in |
| Providing free calls to millions of customers. One of the | | | | what looks to be a dominant part of the |
| strongest selling points of VOIP phone systems | | | | communications landscape for years to come. |
| continues to be the FREE calling from one service | | | | |