| VoIP, which stands for Voice over Internet Protocol, is | | | | for a home or office, because VoIP has the ability to |
| a protocol that has been optimized for transmitting | | | | transmit more than one phone call down the same |
| voice via the internet or through other packet switched | | | | telephone line connected to broadband.o VoIP |
| networks. VoIP carries telephony signals as digital | | | | automatically comes with popular phone features such |
| audio that are usually reduced in data rate with speech | | | | as call forwarding, caller ID, automatic redial and 3-way |
| data compression methods, encapsulated in a data | | | | calling. All of these features can be included in a |
| packet stream over IP. In other words, VoIP is the | | | | traditional phone line, but usually each service has an |
| routing of vocal conversations over the internet, or any | | | | additional cost.o VoIP already has security in place |
| other network that is IP based. VoIP is also known by | | | | such as digitizing and digital transmission, which |
| other names including Internet telephony, IP Telephony, | | | | traditional phone lines can sometimes struggle with.o |
| and Broadband telephony. | | | | VoIP phones can work form any location that has a |
| VoIP services can have two types of public switched | | | | stable and fast internet connection.o VoIP can |
| telephone networks (PSTN): | | | | integrate with other services that are available though |
| 1. Access numbers - the caller is required to key in the | | | | the internet including message or data file exchange, |
| extension number of the VoIP user | | | | video conversation, managing address books, audio |
| 2. Direct Inward Dialing (DID) - directly connects the | | | | conferencing, and so on. |
| caller to the VoIP user. | | | | As you can see, there are many features you can |
| One of the great aspects about VoIP is that it has the | | | | enjoy with VoIP. Furthermore, on the whole, VoIP |
| ability to facilitate tasks and provide services that a | | | | tends to be the cheaper telephone service in |
| more traditional PSTN might have difficulty | | | | comparison to a traditional phone line. However, |
| implementing, or may charge more for. Some | | | | regardless if you use a VoIP telephony, or are called |
| examples of services that VoIP features include:o | | | | by an unknown VoIP user, you can still find out more |
| VoIP makes it easy to add an additional telephone line | | | | about a phone number and who it belongs to here. |