Technology is growing and changing everyday. Consider phone service; at one time when people made telephone calls they did so with their phone attached to a jack in the wall and literally “dialed” the number they were calling. Then came the push-button phones; it was great to quickly “dial” the number by pressing the key pad. Soon the cordless phone jumped on the technological scene. This was wonderful; now people could walk around their house and talk without being limited to the phone cord attached to the wall, or worse tripping over the one hundred foot phone cord that they used to walk all around the house and talk on the phone.
Just as people were getting used to the cordless phone, soon came the invention of the mobile phone. It was cumbersome at first but what a thought – being able to use a phone in your vehicle. Now the cell phone is sleek, compact, and can do much more than simply make a call. Enter Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) – Internet phone service, how does VoIP work with your current phone?
With this technology, instead of the signals going out over a public network the voice signals travel over your high-speed broadband connection. You do not need to buy a new phone for this service, and you can enjoy substantial savings as you combine both the Internet and phone service into one low monthly rate. The amazing concept of VoIP is that it combines one technology to operate two different types of service; your phone and Internet. Making a call with VoIP technology can occur one of three ways:
* Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA) – With the use of this device, you simply plug in your current phone into the adapter and then connect the adapter to your broadband service (possibly a modem). That is it you can now make calls. The way this system works is by taking the analog signal and changing it into a digital signal sent out over the Internet.
* IP Phones – these types of phones look exactly like analog phones the difference being they have an Ethernet connector instead of the standard phone connector and come equipped with the software and hardware needed for VoIP service built into them. You connect directly to your modem and begin enjoying exceptional quality with your next phone call.
* Computer-to-Computer – All you need for this service is high-speed Internet connections, sound card, microphone, and speakers. Typically, you pay a monthly rate from your Internet service provider.
By: Mike Singh
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February 16th, 2010
Internet technology is constantly introducing new and better ways to communicate with others around the world, and making telephone calls using VoIP technology is one of those advancements. VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol, and it allows a computer user who is connected to the internet through a high-speed terminal to make telephone calls to another computer or telephone without using a standard telephone company.
Essentially, there are two kinds of VoIP applications to consider, either hardware or software based. If you choose the software solution, you’ll have to have your computer turned on in order to both make and receive telephone calls, but the only equipment you’ll need is a microphone and speakers connected to your computer.
If you choose the hardware solution instead, you’ll be using a converter box called an ATA that will be attached to your high-speed internet connection. Your telephone can then be plugged into the ATA. The converter box takes the analog signal from your phone and converts it to a digital signal to be sent over the internet in data packets, which are then reassembled on the other end of the telephone connection. By using a hardware VoIP solution, you computer does not have to be on in order for you to make and receive telephone calls, although your Internet connection will have to be active. Many VoIP service providers are including the ATA at very low cost or even for free in some cases.
In order to make use of VoIP technology for placing internet telephone calls, you will need to subscribe to a service plan provided by one of the major VoIP companies in business today. The service plans are usually very inexpensive, often providing for unlimited long-distance telephone calling for as little as $25 per month. You can even save more by choosing a calling plan that places a limit on the amount of minutes used each month, bringing your total cost down to as low as $15 a month.
In addition to domestic long-distance phone calling, many VoIP providers also allow you to make international telephone calls to persons outside of their subscriber base for a per minute fee, sometimes as low as $.10 to $.15 per minute. Some providers even allow free long-distance telephone calling as long as it is carried out between individuals in their own subscriber base.
If you choose to use a hardware VoIP solution, you can expect to spend some time on the phone with customer support in order to get your system up and running correctly, but most likely you’ll be able to experience uninterrupted service from that point on. Also you can expect voice quality to be excellent in most cases, often rivaling that of land line telephones.
When you consider all the advantages of using VoIP technology to place telephone calls over the internet, it’s no wonder that so many consumers are turning to VoIP for their long-distance telephone calling needs.
By: Steadman Issenburg
Lavish Computer VoIP Phone Calls
February 9th, 2010
Though the technology has been around for a lots of years, as the traditional phone companies now it is advances in popularity to prolonged to increase their prices. In the process of VoIP an usual analog audio signals, such as the voices that talked or listened on the phone, has been converted into digital data that can be sent to the computer by using an Internet connection.
Besides all, VoIP is a skilled “reinvention of the phone”. In the three various ways you can put a call by using this technology. Analog Telephone Adaptor is the most abundant and easiest method to practice VoIP technology. This can be immediately assigned through the computer internet to usual telephone. An ATA will received an analog signal and convert it into a digital signal then transfers it to an Internet in small mail boat. Once this small packages reached an other end, the packages were uncovered and transfered back into worth reading data or in an oral expression.
The computer and peculiar software get relief by simply plugged an ATA to your phone. VoIP phone is an other method to unite with VoIP technology, it has a look as an usual phone. The only dissimilarity is the RJ-11 connector is substituted by a RJ-45 Ethernet connector. In VoIP phone the hardware and software previously programmed, so the phone calls get controlled to your router.
Computer to computer is the easiest and ultimate method to unite the VoIP technology. This is where the free long distance phone calls come into play. On Internet various companies provide their software for free download. In this procedure, there should be no other fees overwhelmed except an Internet connection fees.
A power source is a few unfavorable conditions of VoIP. The phone is fully depend upon a power, not similar with an usual phone. At present there is no such method has been introduced to joined other systems such as home alarm system, for these kind of product you would have to keep up an usual phone connection. The other unfavorable conditions of VoIP technology is we cannot dial 9-1-1.
VoIP technology not identify the machine address for communication, so that it is difficult to identified the computer physical address on IP addresses because IP addresses of any computer machine cannot give the physical location of that particular machine which is difficult to identify in an emergency cases.
By: Chris L. Jensen
