| Understanding VoIP | | | | ATA adapter and is a small device that seamlessly re |
| In order to understand the advantages of VoIP, it's | | | | routes your call. This means you no longer have to rely |
| important to know what it is. A quick look is sufficient | | | | on your regular phone jack at all, and consequently it |
| without going into too much detail. The first thing to | | | | implies that you have no bills to pay! |
| understand is that VoIP is a way to transfer your | | | | Internet connections are usually a fixed monthly cost - |
| voice over the Internet. Something like Google video | | | | you can transfer as much data as possible for a |
| chat for example is a form of VoIP. Most people | | | | standard fee. So VoIP is almost free and the only |
| access the Internet through a computer, and so as of | | | | charges you need to pay are the management costs |
| now when private individuals use VoIP services, they | | | | which we'll look at in another article. |
| almost always do it sitting in front of a PC. | | | | Main Benefits of VoIP |
| However, it's possible for the VoIP service provider to | | | | Apart from the drastic reduction in cost, VoIP comes |
| route Internet traffic over a gateway that connects to | | | | with other benefits as a consequence of its integration |
| the regular PSTN systems too. This acts as a bridge | | | | with the Internet. It's highly scalable for one and can |
| between the two networks and allows you to call | | | | work off any kind of Internet connection - including Wifi. |
| regular phones from your computer. Of course, if the | | | | In addition, it's flexibility allows you to implement |
| other person is also using VoIP then we can skip the | | | | complicated business rules that would be almost |
| gateway altogether and talk entirely over the Internet. | | | | impossible with PSTN lines. For example, calls at |
| Using VoIP in your business | | | | certain times of the day or on holidays can be |
| Now of course you can't be sitting in front of your | | | | rerouted to another place depending on the situation, |
| computer whenever you want to make a call. So your | | | | and reprogramming it is easy with a graphical frontend. |
| VoIP provider can transform every phone in your | | | | Cost, Flexibility and Scalability. These three pillars of |
| businesses into a VoIP phone that connects to the | | | | VoIP make it special and unlike any other |
| Internet instead of the PSTN system. This is called an | | | | communications system you 've ever seen. |