Just when you thought using your PC couldn’t possibly get any more complicated, along comes SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) with VoIP (Voice-Over Internet Protocol) technology.
VoIP is well on its way to becoming the “next big thing” as it allows you to make telephone calls using the Internet for a fraction of the cost of regular phone usage. Don’t think that’s making the major telephone companies nervous? Read on… because you haven’t seen anything yet…
Seemingly overnight, VoIP appeared. And when it did, the whole concept of making a cheap PC to phone call (for pennies) became the big business. Quicker than you can say, “Who needs an e-mail or chat?” the IP phone (IP – Internet Protocol) became a reality. The IP is data-oriented computer technology used for communicating data across a packet-switched inter-network. In other words, think of it as the PC version of the old operator at a switchboard patching phone calls back and forth.
IP technology evolved into VoIP – Voice-Over-Internet Protocol – which allows PC users to make telephone calls using a computer-data network like...