| Quite a long time ago, people had to personally see | | | | VoIP. Trunk VoIP is simply a connection line between |
| each other to set appointments or to talk. Just imagine | | | | two ports, specifically, voice ports. It connects the two |
| how much of a hassle it was for them when sudden | | | | gateways, creating a virtual link that connects two |
| cancellation of appointments had to take place. We | | | | telephony ports. The difference it has from the other |
| know, that is quite hard to imagine given the | | | | VoIP products is that it utilizes the old-fashioned |
| technological advancements that we have now. We | | | | telephones and fax machines and connects these |
| are probably born in the telephone era or have known | | | | machines to a VoIP network. This is great if the |
| how to use the telephone one way or the other. With | | | | consumer does not want to totally eliminate |
| the telephone, all we have to do is dial the number and | | | | conventional telephone service. |
| it is very likely that you will get to talk with the person | | | | On the other hands, other VoIP products do not use |
| you are looking for. As if that convenience was not | | | | these conventional machines and replace everything |
| enough, mobile phones were invented. | | | | with software and online controlling. Trunk VoIP |
| With mobile phones, we can make a call and | | | | gateways are commercially manufactured and they |
| eventually, even send an SMS message anywhere | | | | come in circuit boxes. These 'boxes' are what you |
| we are as most areas are within the signal coverage. | | | | connect to convert the existing plain old telephone |
| To date we are again witnessing another evolution of | | | | service (POTS) into VoIP. |
| communication technology with the existence of trunk | | | | |