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| Session Initiation Protocol or SIP refers specifically to a | | | | anywhere. In the same way, you can plug your SIP |
| language that various computers can communicate to | | | | phone into any access point in the internet and call a |
| one another in so that they can complete voice calls. It | | | | person who can be located anywhere in the world. |
| has become vitally important in recent years as it plays | | | | Similarly you can receive phone calls from anywhere in |
| a central role in VoIP or Voice Over Internet Protocol. | | | | the world no matter where you are, simply be plugging |
| VoIP Is the rapidly growing technology which has | | | | your SIP phone into the internet. |
| millions of Americans throwing out their local and | | | | As you can probably imagine, this ability has some |
| long-distance telephone bills and replacing them with | | | | pretty remarkable applications. For companies or |
| free calls made over the internet. | | | | businessmen that work out of the office, moving your |
| While Session Initiation Protocol sounds like | | | | office phone number is as simple as picking up the |
| technobabble, it helps if you can imagine SIP as the | | | | phone and carrying it with you. There is nothing else to |
| common language that new generation operators use | | | | it. For those often staying in hotels for travel or |
| to complete calls over the internet. With SIP, however, | | | | business, this means always having the direct office |
| the operators are no longer hundreds of people in a | | | | line with you wherever and whenever you want. No |
| room somewhere connecting one call to another but | | | | need to forward calls or even to ever pay for long |
| simply your computer device connecting to the | | | | distance or hotel phone access again! |
| telephone or computer device of the person you want | | | | The SIP technology is already revolutionizing the way |
| to talk to. The fact that there is no need for real | | | | in which humans communicate. In recent years, literally |
| operators, or even a central board to complete calls | | | | millions of Americans have tossed aside their traditional |
| through, explains part of why SIP is so revolutionary. | | | | land based phone lines and opted for the freedom and |
| SIP was intended to give ordinary callers like you and | | | | cheapness of VoIP. Empowered with SIP technology it |
| me all the familiar functions and features of what we | | | | is uniquely able to provide you with virtually free calling, |
| expect from a phone call, such as a dial tone, a ringing | | | | anywhere in the world, anytime in the world, without |
| sound, etc. So while all the communication from our | | | | having to forward calls, change your number, or rely on |
| end seemed exactly the same as before, SIP makes | | | | others to check important messages. It is truly a |
| phone calls by communicating directly with the other | | | | technology for the future of business as well as the |
| person's telephone device. Unlike traditional telephony, | | | | future of communication. |
| which was based on a cog and wheel approach in | | | | Jim Sherman writes about interesting topics such as |
| which the call you placed goes through a central | | | | SIP4PBX. |
| location and then is routed to the person you are trying | | | | Report this article |
| to call, SIP is based on internet protocol. This means | | | | This article is free for republishing |
| that there is no need for a central cog to run calls | | | | Source: |
| through, but rather calls can be made directly from | | | | Republish this article |
| person to person. | | | | |
| The fact that the technology is based on internet | | | | Ask a Question About this Article |
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