VoIP allows you to make telephone calls using a computer network, over a data network like the Internet. VoIP converts the voice signal from your
telephone into a digital signal that travels over the internet then converts it back at the other end
so you can speak to anyone with a regular phone number. When placing a VoIP call using a phone with
an adapter, you'll hear a dial tone and dial just as you always have. VoIP may also allow you to
make a call directly from a computer using a conventional telephone or a microphone.
What Are Some Advantages of Internet Voice?
Because VoIP is digital, it may offer features and services that are not available with a traditional phone. If you have a broadband internet connection, you need not maintain and pay the additional cost for a line just to make telephone calls.
With many VoIP plans you can talk for as long as you want with any person in the world (the requirement is that the other person has an Internet connection). You can also talk with many people at the same time without any additional cost.
VoIP, short for Voice over Internet Protocol, enables businesses to make phone calls across computer networks, providing a low cost and efficient way to complement traditional phone systems. VoIP can be used in local office networks or between sites, enabling you to integrate call handling with other parts of your business such as your website. Using broadband, it can also deliver telephone services to remote users and home workers. Besides the term ‘Voice over IP’, you may come across ‘internet telephony’, ‘IP telephony’ and ‘voice over broadband’.
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