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Is A VoIP Calling Plan Right For Your Home?
If you watch TV read magazines, or drive through and cities with billboards chances are you've come across advertisements for VOIP calling plans. Many of these advertisements try to sell their services on how much less expensive their services are...
Packet8 VoIP User Review
I have been a Packet8 VoIP user for several months, and have logged over 10,000 minutes of calling time on this service to date. During this time, I lost my dial tone 3 times and had around 6 incomplete or dropped calls. Two times, the person I was...
Types of VoIP Networks
VoIP
internet telephony is a highly efficient technology that is
used to transmit voice conversations over a data network,
through the use of Internet Protocol.
Most consumer VoIP services make use of the internet to transmit
the data...
Voice over IP (VoIP) Features
Because with VOIP you can make calls from anywhere you have access to a broadband connection, users can take their IP phones or ATA’s with them on trips and still have access to what is essentially their home phone. Some people use a softphone to...
Wireless VoIP
Wireless VoIP
Wireless and VoIP have joined forces. Installing a WLAN network
card into your computer uses wireless technology. After
installing the card, your computer will become "wireless". This
means that you will be able to enjoy an...
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Take advantage of internet phone calls (VOIP)
Voice Over IP (VOIP) is a relatively new technology. Voice Over IP allows people to leave behind the old and very traditional analogue phone networks and now adapt in favor of the very new and very progressive Internet-based calling system infrastructure. Using this technology for your communications actually works out cheaper for you in the long run as it means you won't need to pay for calls if the people you are calling and speaking to are also using the same VOIP system.
Voice Over IP runs on several different types of infrastructure. This is the main reason why you should take the time to do your homework and find out how it works and what is involved, before you even consider setting up a Voice Over IP network at your home or place of business. When you do your homework you will see that invariably VOIP offers lots of advantages over and above the standard traditional telephone based analogue service that most people are currently using. Let's take a moment to examine some of the advantages of using Voice Over IP.
The main advantage of Voice Over IP is to be honest - the cost - the cost benefit goes directly back into your pocket. And because Voice Over IP uses the infrastructure of the Internet to make outgoing calls, you will never need to pay your traditional phone provider to maintain a telephone line or for phone and line rental. In addition, many Voice Over IP service providers allow customers to make long distance calls that attract minimal or no long
distance charges at all. Many service providers even offer customer VOIP packages that allow you to opt for discounted internet call rates so you can save even more.
But what about this for a benefit? If you have Voice Over IP software installed on your PC and you want to speak to someone who is also uses Voice Over IP, then you are able to talk for as long as you want without having to pay a single cent. This is because your voice is actually transformed into digital data packets rather than audio, and the data is transferred in a similar fashion to that of email. Voice Over IP also makes it very easy and cheap to conduct conference calls and video calls.
There are, of course, some minor disadvantages to using Voice Over IP and you should consider these before you embark on setting up Voice Over IP. Since Voice Over IP is a relatively recent and largely untapped technology, Voice Over IP is prone to experience more errors than using a normal phone would. In addition, if you experience a power failure, then you would be unable to make a call, like you could with a traditional analogue phone. In any event, Voice Over IP is something that you should investigate for your own home and business needs and you should consider it soon while the rates are cheap and the deals are good.
About the Author
Colin Brin is the owner of AB Voip (http://www.abvoip.com) which is a premier source of information about Voip. For more information, go to: http://abvoip.com
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Voice over IP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Encyclopedia article with background information, technical details, and the advantages and disadvantages of VoIP. |
en.wikipedia.org |
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Voice-Over-Internet Protocol |
An overview of VoIP from the Federal Communications Commission. With news, FAQs, factsheets, and findings. |
www.fcc.gov |
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voip-info.org - voip-info.org |
A wiki that covers VoIP software, hardware, service providers, reviews, configurations, and standards. |
www.voip-info.org |
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Howstuffworks "How VoIP Works" |
Voice over Internet Protocol lets you make free long-distance phone calls using your computer. It’s essentially a phone network that uses the Internet ... |
www.howstuffworks.com |
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VOIP.ORG.UK - The UK resource for IP telephony |
UK resource with the emphasis on small businesses and home users. Includes news, reviews, and forums. |
www.voip.org.uk |
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Packet8: VoIP Internet Phone Service Provider and Voice Over IP ... |
Packet8 offers VoIP Internet Phone Service and Voice Over IP Telephony phone systems. |
www.packet8.net |
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Voip |
1-800-TRY-VOIP; Voip.com: do more, pay less. Use a broadband connection and your voip.com adapter to make and receive calls using a regular phone. |
www.voip.com |
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Vonage - Leading the Internet Phone Revolution |
Use your high-speed Internet connection to make all of your phone calls with Vonage digital phone service. Plans start at $14.99 per month. |
www.vonage.com |
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VoipBuster - The Free* Calls Company |
Free* phone calls with the VoipBuster. Call your online friends for free as well as a special selection of popular international destinations. |
www.voipbuster.com |
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The VoIP Weblog |
OK, VoIP customers, the $24.99 a month party is just about over. ... The issue definitely kept me from switching to a VoIP service for over a year because I ... |
voip.weblogsinc.com |
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IVR Platforms / IVR Hosting / IVR Development |
Get to market quickly with our A to Z VoIP platforms and services >> ... Our IVR and VOIP hosting, turnkey platforms, and developer services - powered by ... |
www.voxeo.com |
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VoIP |
Connecting a business to a VoIP network doesn’t require a big, expensive integration overhaul. Quintum’s VoIP access solutions are designed with “integrated ... |
www.tmcnet.com |
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VoIP - Internet Telephony |
voip, Internet Telephony Magazine. ... Internet Telephony is the leading VoIP magazine in the world covering all topics VoIP. ... |
www.tmcnet.com |
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Convergence & VoIP - Network World |
The Convergence & VoIP research center is your source for the latest convergence and VoIP news, analysis and research links from Network World. |
www.networkworld.com |
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VoIP News - Enterprise, Carrier, Small Business VoIP Information |
VoIP news, trends, experts, product reviews. Carrier and enterprise-class voice over ip. |
www.voip-news.com |
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O'Reilly Network -- What Is VoIP |
Ted Wallingford looks at why the VoIP technology, the key ingredient in Vonage, Skype, Cisco CallManager, and a host of other technology products, ... |
www.oreillynet.com |
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What is VoIP? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer ... |
This page describes the term VoIP and lists other pages on the Web where you can find additional information. |
www.webopedia.com |
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Access >> VoIP | CNET News.com |
EarthLink expands VoIP service. Eight more cities will get access to Net phone service that requires no ... Verizon sues Vonage for VoIP patent infringement ... |
news.com.com |
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Pages tagged with "voip" on del.icio.us |
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VoIP (Voice Over IP) Solutions - AudioCodes |
VoIP, VoP Chip Processors and Voice over IP packets solutions developed by AudioCodes, leaders in the VoIP market for VoIP equipment and VoIP technology. |
www.audiocodes.com |
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