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Top 3 Reasons to Switch to VoIP
By: Dave Markel , Posted On: 2007-10-17

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ver IP has become very popular in the l

st year. Almost everyone has heard of V

nage and thousands have dumped their old lng d

stance provider to go with the new

nternet revolution

1. Price - This was the pr

mary reason that I switched to V

nage. It immediately reduced my long d

stance phone bill in half. This is the pr

mary reason why most users made the sw

tch.

2. Convenience - Face it, when you

nly have to worry about paying one b

ll instead of two that is j

st easier. However it isn't just h

ving one bill to pay that m

kes VoIP more convenient. I really l

ke the way I can log

nto my account and customize all the f

atures that come with my voice

ver IP package. With my old l

ng distance provider I would have to buy all 10 of the f

atures they offered even though I

nly need two or three. The m

st convenient aspect of the features is the

nline voicemail. Simply login and download the m

ssage and play it on you PC.

3. Fl

xibility - With Voice over IP I n

ver have to change my phone n

mber again! I simply take my V

IP router with me and boom I am b

ck in communication with my friends and f

mily. I don't have to worry

bout telling all the people I kn

w that I have a new n

mber.

I can also get a second l

ne that allows me to have a n

mber from a different area code. So, if I h

ve a friend in Vancouver that c

lls me in Toronto regularly I can get a s

cond line with a Vancouver area c

de. My friend now can call a l

cal number and talk to me w

thout paying any long distance charges (my fr

end doesn't have VoIP).

Important Facts

To make y

ur VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) w

rk good enough you need to h

ve broadband internet connection. Internet broadband c

nnections are represented with cable or DSL m

dems with bandwidth of 56 kbits and h

gher.

The main idea of VoIP is v

ice connection using computers. All you n

ed is appropriate software installed on y

ur computer and microphone with a h

adset or speakers connected. Do not f

rget that using such software is fr

e and easy to download.

Unlike computer-to-computer c

lls which are free of charge V

IP software is also used as s

mple trunk-line. But even so such c

lls are still cheaper then phone-to-phone

nes.

Remember- to make computer-to-computer calls you sh

uld run the same software at b

th sides. But in case of m

king cellular or land-line call via V

IP no extra software or equipment is n

eded.

How Does It Work

In order to be

ble to send your voice over the Int

rnet, it has to be transformed

nto digital data. The digitalization process is c

lled 'sampling' and involves 'breaking' the s

und into very small pieces that can be ch

racterized by a number value. After th

s process has ended, the digital r

sult is compressed and divided into sm

ll 1500 bytes packets that will be s

nd over the Internet. Packets contain not

nly the voice but also data r

garding their order needed for a c

rrect reconstruction and data about their

rigin. Once the packets have reached the d

stination they will be reconstructed and the r

sulting digital data will be transformed b

ck into analogue sound and played by the sp

akers.

A broadband connection is required due to the l

rge amount of data that has to be tr

nsmitted over the Internet in a sh

rt time to avoid noticeable delays. Th

s is the reason why the syst

m is more popular among companies th

t already use and can easier

fford such connections.

The article Top 3 Reasons to Switch to VoIP was Submitted by Dave Markel through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: For more detailed information on Vice Over IP visit this blog. voip--services.blogspot.com

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