Telecommunications Trends in Voice over IPs
Voice over IP is a term that is often used in what is known as Internet Telephony, where a voice can be used to deliver the IP or the Internet Protocol. When it is used in Internet Telephony, it is generally a set of facilities that aid and control the use of IP with regard to Voice Information. It also means that the voice can now be sent in a digital format in discrete packets, and that it is now possible to do away with the traditional form of circuit-controlled protocols of the PSTN, or the Public Switched Telephone Network, and one of the most important advantages that the new Voice Over system has over the traditional type is that the tolls that are charged in a traditional telephone network can now be avoided. (Definitions of Voice over IP on the web)
The technology that the Voice Over IP system utilizes may either be the Internet as such, or it may be via a corporate intranet, or even through a managed network that is controlled by the ISP's or the local and long distance carriers. However, the issue of who is in charge of running the network is not all that important, as long as the primary purpose has been achieved, which is that of taking the voice or the 'analog' information, encoding this information into a digital format, and then converting it into a packet, after which the packet can be moved towards the intended destination, using a data network. Once they have reached their destination, then they can be reassembled and delivered in their original format. (Definitions of Voice over IP on the web)
What is important about the Voice over Internet Telephony or the VOIP technology is the fact that now telephone calls can be made using a broadband connection on the computer, instead of using the regular traditional telephone line. There are different types of services offered by the VOIP service givers; while some only allow the user to make calls to those who also have a VOIP facility, some others allow the user to make a Voice Over call to anybody who has a telephone number and a telephone connection, whether it is local or long distance, on a mobile phone, or even if it is an international call. There are also some services that only allow the user access to the facility if they have a broadband Internet connection on their computer, while some others offer the same service through the regular telephone with the help of an adaptor. (IP-Enabled Services: Voice over Internet Protocol)
What VOIP actually does is this: it will convert the voice signal form the telephone connection that is being used into a digital signal that will then travel over the Internet to its intended destination, after which the signal is then converted back at the other end, so that it will be possible to speak using this particular technology, with anyone who has a traditional and regular telephone number. At times, there is no need to use the telephone at all, the VOIP technology allows the user to make his call using the compute and the Internet, or on the computer using an adaptor on a regular phone, or with a traditional microphone. The user of this technology does not need any specialized equipment for making his calls; all he needs is a high speed broadband connection on his computer that links him to the Internet. Sometimes, the service provider may offer the VOIP service for free, when the need is for making calls to other providers to the same service. It is also possible that the service provider would allow the user to select an area code that is different form the area in which he lives, and this means that the caller would not be faced with a large telephone bill of long distance call charges' because he would have entered the same district code as his own, regardless of the actual geographical location of the intended call, and this means that all his calls would be local. (IP-Enabled Services: Voice over Internet Protocol)
The VOIP technology has innumerable advantages. One of them is that because VOIP is digital, it will offer certain services that may not be available on the traditional phone. In addition, because the caller will be using the Internet to make his calls, he will not need another additional telephone line just to be able to make his telephone calls; he may as well use the VOIP to make all his calls. The...
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