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VoIP ARTICLES - Learn about VoIP
Understanding VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol also referred to as Internet telephony, IP telephony, or Voice over the Internet lets you use the Internet for telephone calls. VoIP Articles are updated on a regular basis. Bookmark this site and return often for the latest VoIP information. VOIP Service: Sign Up And Save If you want to save money on your telephone service using the internet, you will need to sign up with a VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) service provider. They will sell you the necessary equipment and assign you a number, which is used like a regular phone number. VOIP providers are useful and very cheap. Most providers offer VOIP connections free of charge. They make their money by charging for calls to the regular telephone network. Most providers allow you to call any phone number in the world for a moderately low fee. For modest monthly fees (about $8-$20), they offer unlimited calls to certain geographic areas. They also provide voicemail, call forwarding and conference calls, at no extra charge. Vonage, BroadVoice, Diamond, iConnectHere, Lingo, mywebphone, Packet8, and VoicePulse are some of the major VOIP providers. Most of these companies are based in the United States; some also have offices in other countries. VOIP equipment includes a broadband modem and an ATA (Analog Telephone Adapter) or IP phone. Both the ATA and IP phone connect directly to the modem, but the ATA allows you to use older analog phones. No matter which equipment you use, it has a unique number that identifies your current IP (Internet Protocol) address. If you're constantly on the move, your VOIP provider tracks your current IP address, which allows people to contact you no matter where you are. Even if you're using your Internet phone from a single location, a VOIP provider is usually still necessary. The majority of residential Internet connections have 'dynamic' IP addresses, so every time you reconnect to the Internet, you have a different IP address. The VOIP provider is also useful, because people can contact you by entering your user name, rather than your IP address. When choosing a VOIP provider, keep in mind the protocol they use. SIP seems to be the emerging standard. It offers fairly easy connection routes between different VOIP providers. H.323 and IAX protocols are sometimes offered in addition to SIP. Skype, popular for PC-to-PC VOIP systems, uses a proprietary protocol, so it is not easy to connect to the Skype network from another VOIP provider. It is a bit of work to research and set everything up, but the sooner you start, the quicker you will be able to look back and say, "Why did I wait so long?"
Ron King is a full-time researcher, writer, and web developer. Visit http://www.voip-solutions-now.com to learn more about this subject.
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Vopium wants to be the first native VoIP app for the iPhone (TG Daily)
From Pakistani engineering, through Danish organization, with Luxembourg VC cash, and on to world domination. Vopium wants to be the first native VoIP app on your iPhone. Infonetics Research: Carriers name Acme Packet, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco and Sonus top VoIP vendors (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) A new study by Infonetics Research that provides a broad view of service provider thinking and plans for voice over IP, including service provider perceptions of leading VoIP vendors, names Acme Packet, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, and Sonus as the "top VoIP equipment manufacturers," with Cisco emerging as the most familiar manufacturer. Pervasip Corp. Reports Near-Tripling of Revenues in Second Quarter as Wholesale VoIP Customer Count Rises by 49Centre Daily Times) Pervasip Corp. (OTCBB: PVSP), a leading provider of wholesale Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) broadband telephone services, today released financial results for the second quarter ended May 31, 2008. OrecX Debuts Open Source VoIP Recording Technology (SYS-CON Media) OrecX announced the formal debut of its Oreka Total Recording (TR) software solution for customer service management professionals, leveraging the power of open source in bolstering efficient call-center operation. Oreka TR allows organizations to comply with regulatory requirements and improve customer service by recording and retrieving phone calls without disrupting operations, exhausting ... ShoreTel Named 'Best Overall VOIP Provider' for Fifth Year in a Row (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) ShoreTel®, Inc. , a leading provider of Pure IP Unified Communications solutions, today announced that for the fifth year in a row ShoreTel has been named the Best Overall VOIP Provider in the Nemertes PilotHouse Awards for Unified Communications & Collaboration. |
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