| People all over the world are discovering a new way | | | | computers, users can connect their telephone unit to it |
| of communicating with each other with the help of | | | | and start the conversation as they normally would. It is |
| Internet telephony. It is a kind of telephonic | | | | the cheapest and the most efficient method of |
| communication with the help of Internet protocols over | | | | communicating over long distances. |
| the Internet. It is a very cheap and efficient way of | | | | Some of these telephony software products can be |
| communicating over long distances across the globe. | | | | downloaded free of cost from the Internet. Many |
| Computer scientists discovered Internet telephony | | | | specific web sites related to electronics or computers |
| after conducting extensive research in the field of | | | | provide their users with this kind of software. Users |
| Internet communication. Computer users having | | | | just need to log on to the specific web site and click |
| access to Internet or any other packet network such | | | | on the link, which says "download" the software. Some |
| as LAN or WAN can now make telephone | | | | web sites may require users to register before they |
| conversations with any other computer user having | | | | download the software. This registration process is |
| Internet access at almost any place in the whole world. | | | | very simple and just takes a few minutes to complete. |
| However, users need to install specific Internet | | | | It does not require any charge or commitment to |
| telephony or VoIP software in order to use this | | | | register at these web sites. |
| service. Once this software is installed on their | | | | |