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VOIP
Voice over Internet Protocol. The
technology used to transmit voice
conversations over a data network using
the Internet Protocol.
Such data network may be the Internet or
a corporate Intranet.
VoIP is a popular buzzword these days.
It stands for voice over IP (internet
protocol), and it might just be the way
you'll be talking over the phone in the
near future. Why are so many people are
excited by this technology? You avoid
most of the costs that come with a
traditional phone line, at least at this
point of the game.
That's a savings of hundreds, or even
thousands of dollars for some people.
Most of the primary entities who are
interested in this technology are large
corporations, but it can be significant
even for the homemaker.
Anyone who has used voice chat software
is familiar with the latency issues that
proliferate with any sort of data
transfer involving the Internet; VoIP
addresses the latency issue using RTP,
or real time protocol. This protocol
ensures that packets arrive in a timely
manner.
Voice over IP features some additional
advantages including:
• you can talk to many people at once
• ability to send other types of data
other than voice (such as files)
• innovations in data transfer and
Internet speeds come about, it can only
get better.
There are a variety of devices that can
take VoIP calls. Some aren't even
hardware at all, but software programs
you can install on your computer.
Traditional telephone networks are
seeing the advantages in offering VoIP
services as well, with such national
companies as Verizon and AT&T jumping on
the VoIP bandwagon. Vonage was one of
the first widely known companies to
offer VoIP services, and is priced
competitively with newcomers to the
market.
The VoIP market is predicted to expand
rapidly, with predicted numbers rising
into the millions in just a few years.
The installation procedure for the
gadgets required to take these calls is
often simple, and can be done with
little hassle. If you use a router or
other device that can potentially mask
or block your IP address, you may have
to do a bit more finagling to get it to
work.
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