What’s All The Fuss About Voice Over Ip And What’s It Mean To You?
To most people, Voip, or Voice over Internet Protocol was just another technology buzzword among many until the Vonage IPO a few months ago. While that didn’t quite work out as planned for them, it certainly doesn’t mean that Voip technology is going by the wayside. In fact, Voip is gradually becoming more and more popular, and now the “big boys” are starting to get involved. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say over the next 5-10 years that many households will have a Voice Over IP phone system setup. It’s simply too cheap compared to local and long distance phones to be discounted. The question now is what do you need to know about Voip to get started with it? This article will hopefully help you get a better understanding of Voip technology.
In a nutshell without getting into too many details, Voip technology will take the voice sound waves and covert it into data that can be read by a computer. That data is then transmitted via a high speed connection to the other end, and the data is then “re-formatted” back into analog sound which is...