In the earlier days of the Internet communication was limited to typing text on a screen. Then with the advent of Instant Messaging and chat rooms, communication became more real-time, though still only text was the main venue used. Now the Internet has become so advanced that people can actually use their voices to communicate with individuals online. This technology is known as VoIP, (which stands for Voice over Internet Protocol).
It can allow people to communicate using voice either through the computer or on a telephone. But the best part of VoIP is that it is significantly cheaper than traditional phone lines. This is due to: the technology involved and the quality it offers.
The first reason why VoIP is cheaper than regular telephones is because of the technology it takes advantage of. Unlike the telephone VoIP simply takes advantage of the service that a person is already taking advantage of, which is the Internet. No new connections need to be made to use VoIP. Yet, with a traditional telephone service, a person must have their house wired with telephone lines. This in itself is expensive for telephone companies, who must help cover their costs through people’s phone bill.
The second reason why VoIP is less expensive than regular phones is because unfortunately, the quality is not as good. When a person uses a VoIP phone, the connection can often contain a lot of static, making the conversation hard to hear. Granted, the quality of one’s VoIP service will better depending on what company they use. For instance, free VoIP companies tend to have much worse quality than paid ones. Yet, neither can compare to the quality offered by the telephone, which is good 100 percent of the time. The only time there is ever an issue with telephone quality is if something is wrong with the phone lines. When this happens a person simply won’t be able to make a phone call until the problem is fixed. However, how often does this happen? Compare this to VoIP services which have worse quality and, (during the times when a lot of people are using the service), an inability to make calls quite often.
So, if the quality is so poor, why are people still raving about VoIP? It’s because even though the quality is definitely not as good as regular telephones, it’s good enough to allow for decent enough communication most of the time. In fact, sometimes the quality can be just as good as a telephone. So, while the technology won’t replace the telephone, it’s a good supplement when people want to save on their long distance bills and/or they want to have the advantages possible with a second telephone line without actually having one.
In conclusion, VoIP is a cheaper alternative to land lines because they do not require a separate technology to implement and quality-wise they do not offer as much as telephones. Perhaps as VoIP technology progresses, the quality element can be fixed enough so that people can use VoIP completely by itself.
By: Simon Ahtung
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Introduction
The revolution of internet communication is here to stay for a very long time and this is primarily because it has done so much to help people by its mere presence alone. The voice over IP (VOIP for short) technology that has hit the market by storm over the last couple of years has now expanded to be a major competing technology in nearly every major branch of communications.
The VOIP revolution has been so fast and so fierce that even the most established conventional telephone companies are now rushing to create VOIP infrastructure that they can provide to their customers so that they don’t end up losing them to other companies that are on the cutting edge. To that end, even mobile phones have been created that have the ability to use VOIP or a similar piece of technology in order to accomplish the same task.
The Mobile Phones
A question that very many people have when they initially here about the recent expansion into the mobile phone market has to do with the technology itself. While it is easy to understand how VOIP technology works on a conceptual level (i.e. the internet connection being used in conjunction with specialty software to facilitate communication in a manner similar to that of a telephone) for normal, land-based systems it is a lot more difficult to understand exactly how it works in the sense of a mobile phone solution.
If you have ever traveled on a plane before, you have more than likely seen a business person utilizing their internet through the use of mobile internet technology. This type of technology has been around for a very long time and all of the major businesses make sure that their correspondents have access to that kind of technology when they are on the move.
Wherever you have the ability to connect to the internet and therefore generate an internet protocol address, you have the ability to use the VOIP technology. This is ultimately how mobile VOIP services are utilized and because of the boom in the market many of these technologies are available for personal use at very reasonable prices.
Advantages
There are many advantages to using a VOIP mobile phone contract and the one that is largest in the eyes of many people is the price. The reason that conventional VOIP became such a popular service was that it was quite a bit cheaper than conventional telephone plans when it came onto the market. In similar fashion, a VOIP mobile phone contract is going to be quite a bit cheaper than the conventional mobile phone contract you have right now.
This decrease in the price has allowed many people the chance to save some money each month and when a person is able to save money without a reduction in quality, they quite obviously are going to become a very loyal customer. The ability of VOIP services to generate a large number of very loyal customers in a very short time is ultimately what has made many companies move a large part of their communication operations towards developing and promoting VOIP technologies.
By: Lee A. Smith
