Is My Home Ready for Voice over IP (VoIP) Telephony?
VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is finally reaching out to
thousands of average homes to offer huge savings in telephone costs.
Already popular with the corporate world, VoIP, sometimes called Internet
Telephony, IP telephony, or Internet phone, uses your computer's broadband
connection - not traditional phones lines - to make long distance,
inter-state or local calls.
VoIP works by converting your voice into data, transmitting it over the
Internet, and then converting it back into a voice stream so that it can
be played on any telephone in the world - almost in the same way your
computer transmits email over the Internet.
Less expensive than traditional phones, and convenient -- you just use
your computer or a VoIP-ready phone and a broadband Internet connection to
make your calls -- VoIP makes for good economic sense. Around for a decade
now, VoIP has overcome teething problems to come of age, using advances in
PC and IP technology to provide voice quality telephone calls at low
Internet rates.
Rising Popularity
International and state-to-state calls, expensive on conventional phone
systems, are available at lower prices on VoIP. Finding this cost saving
and its voice quality attractive, more home users and businesses are
choosing to opt for VoIP.
But, to work well, VoIP needs a good bandwidth connection, such as
broadband cable or DSL. Freely accessible nowadays -- 22% of Americans use
broadband right now and the numbers are rising each day -- analysts
estimate that 50% of Americans will use VoIP in the next two to three
years.
The Ins and Outs of VoIP
To use VoIP, you need a broadband connection (either cable or DSL), a
regular phone or computer microphone, and a special VoIP router adaptor to
connect your phone to the Internet. And, you'll also need the services of
a VoIP service provider, such as Vonage or Skype. Depending on the service
you use, you can either use the telephone connected to the VoIP router, or
call directly from your computer using your computer's microphone and
speaker.
Your call connects to your VoIP service provider, and they route the call
to the phone number you dialed, converting the VoIP data into a plain old
telephone call before reaching its destination. This is how you connect to
any telephone in the world, regardless of whether the person you are
calling is using VoIP or plain old telephone service.
There are a number of different companies that offer VoIP services. But
make sure they provide good voice quality and reliable support, and comply
with Industry Standards. Ask potential service providers about the
security controls they use to ensure your data and identity is safe and
not open to hackers or virus attacks. You can test several trial downloads
before you choose your VoIP service provider, and you can always visit
user forums on the Internet to check out the kind of problems that
customers experience with these service providers.
Cost Factors
Right now, VoIP is fairly inexpensive, averaging around $15 - $65 per
month. This is because the VoIP industry enjoys special tax breaks and
other privileges. These privileges may be withdrawn in the future, though
lobbyists are trying hard not to let that happen. In any case, VoIP is
likely to become less expensive as more people turn to it in the future.
In addition, there are a number of free VoIP service providers (who
usually have some paid upgraded services) that will allow you to make free
VoIP calls among the users of their network. For example, if you sign up
for the free Skype service, you can connect with any other Skype user and
talk for free.
VoIP - the Pluses and Minuses
Apart from the ease of use, people choose VoIP because it is inexpensive,
letting them "phone-trot" any wherever they want to without having to
worry about the length of a call, how often you call, or the cost when the
bill arrives. Additionally, with some VoIP services, there are no fixed
monthly charges to pay, like a regular phone.
On the other hand, if your Internet connection is down, your Internet
phone is inoperable as well. And, slow IP connections can hamper VoIP
transmissions, causing problems like echoes, delayed response times or
voice failure. It's the sort of thing that happens when you find it
difficult to connect to the Web, or can't download a file, only it affects
VoIP more.
Still, with the advances made in VoIP technology over the past year or so,
and the growing momentum with consumers, VoIP is definitely worth looking
into for your home. There's even a site that will let you test whether
your home broadband connection is ready for VoIP. Just go to
www.TestYourVoIP.com, and test your home broadband connection in less than
5 minutes for free.
So take a chance and look into VoIP. You may be surprised at how much
money you can save every month on phone services -- and you can brag about
your technical savvy to friends, co-workers, and neighbors!
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