How to define VoIP
5 Jul 2010, 10:26 amVoice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) This is a technology which allows you to make telephone (voice) calls using an Internet connection instead of using the standard public switched telephone network.
VoIP is very clever as it allows remote workers to function as if he or she were directly connected to a PBX even while at home or in a remote office. You can unplug your office EPBX, plug into your home Internet connection and guess what it picks up the same phone number no matter the location it has been plugged into, skipping standard long distance charges.
VoIP is being used more and more to keep corporate telephone costs down, however price and quality are associated when it comes to VoIP solutions, the vast majority of problems with VoIP from any VoIP provider comes down to a lack of a reliable high-speed Internet connection. If you have a slow connection or trying to run to many handsets from the one Internet connection you call quality will suffer.
I don’t recommend you run a VoIP solution over your standard computer network, sharing the Internet connection. Think about this if your computer system gets a virus, your phone system also will, spend the extra and get a dedicated Internet connection.
Let’s not make this harder than it really is, VoIP is a very simple concept and very easy to set up with the right advice, products, backup support and provider, it is a fantastic alternate solution for you telecommunication needs.
GL
