| VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Telephony is the | | | | today’s progressing technology. Because of the |
| process of routing voice conversations over an | | | | fact that VoIP traffic goes over a broadband line, |
| Internet Protocol network, rather than through traditional | | | | there is enough bandwidth available to allow for very |
| circuit-switched telephone lines. The voice information is | | | | good sound quality. |
| converted into digital data packets and then | | | | As anyone familiar with telecommunications would |
| transmitted over an IP network, such as the internet, or | | | | probably tell you, VoIP Telephony is revolutionizing the |
| a local area network. | | | | way that people around the world make phone calls. |
| The main advantage of VoIP [ is the fact that it is | | | | More and more people are seeing the benefits of |
| highly efficient, and thus very affordable. The cost of | | | | VoIP, and the number of users worldwide is growing at |
| transferring digital information over an IP telephony | | | | an astounding pace. |
| network is significantly less than that of transferring | | | | If you have a broadband internet connection, and a |
| analog information over a traditional telephone line. | | | | touch tone telephone, you are fully equipped to set up |
| Because of this, VoIP users can make long distance | | | | your very own broadband phone system, and start |
| and international calls to anywhere in the world, at any | | | | making use of VoIP Telephony to save money on all |
| time of day, for a fraction of what an ordinary phone | | | | your long distance phone calls. |
| company would charge. | | | | For more information on the benefits of VoIP, and how |
| Although call quality was originally a problem for VoIP | | | | you can start using it to save money on your phone bill, |
| customers, this issue has improved greatly with | | | | please click here. |