You have a telephone, right? You have a computer, right? You want to save
money, right? BAM, you are a VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol)
candidate.
It is inevitable that VOIP will replace traditional telephone service at
some point. The only question is when should you jump in?
VOIP is quickly becoming more reliable and receiving wider acceptance. In
fact, phone companies are already taking advantage of the technology to
provide cheaper long distance rates. Like any emerging technology,
however, there are kinks in the system that are still being worked out.
Advantages
VOIP has many advantages over regular phone service. One primary advantage
is its low cost. If you have a fast Internet connection (DSL or cable),
you can make PC-to-PC phone calls anywhere in the world FREE. PC-to-phone
connections usually have a charge, but probably still cheaper than regular
phone service.
You can sign up with a VOIP service provider for a monthly fee and get
unlimited calls within a specified geographic area. For example, some VOIP
services in the United States allow connections anywhere in North America
for no extra charge. International calls are charged at a modest rate.
Another advantage is its portability. You can make and receive phone calls
wherever there is a broadband connection by simply signing in to your VOIP
account. This makes VOIP as convenient as e-mail. When you're traveling,
you simply pack a headset or Internet phone; then you can talk to family
or colleagues for next to nothing.
Phone-to-phone VOIP is also portable. Internet phones are small and light
enough to take anywhere. When you sign up with a VOIP service provider,
the Internet phone or adaptor used by that service is assigned a unique
number. This 'phone number' remains valid, even if your VOIP service is in
Los Angeles and you're connected to the Internet in London. When plugged
into a broadband connection, anywhere in the world, you can make and
receive calls as though you were at home .
Features like call forwarding, call waiting, voicemail, caller ID and
3way-calling, are included with Internet telephone at no extra charge.
While you're talking on the phone, you can send pictures and documents at
the same time.
Disadvantages
There are a few glitches that still interfere with the technology's broad
acceptance by the public. Lack of continuous service during power outages
and emergency calling are the 2 biggest hurdles.
Conventional phone service continues by the current supplied through the
phone lineduring a blackout. This isn't possible with Internet phones.
When the power goes, there goes VOIP service. Battery backups and power
generators that provide electricity are the current solutions to this
problem.
A major concern involves emergency 911 calls. For the most part, VOIP
services aren't useful in emergencies. Traditional phone equipment can
trace the locations of calls. Emergency calls are diverted to the nearest
call center where the operator can identify your location, in the event
you can't talk. With VOIP, there is no way currently to determine where
Internet calls are originating. There is an emerging standard called e911
however, which is attempting to solve this limitation.
VOIP also has sound quality and reliability problems. Data sent across the
Internet usually arrives at its destination scrambled. E-mail and
documents can be reassembled in the correct order when it arrives. Voice
data also arrives scrambled, but it's more complicated because of the
real-time nature of VOIP. Some data packets may have to be dropped when
they don't arrive in time, in order to make voice connections with the
least delay. This can cause brief silences in the audio stream.
Distance and speed of the connection determine the amount of data lost.
Some networks receive more traffic and thus are more likely to cause audio
dropouts. One way to provide high quality audio connections is to create
dedicated data paths.
With the incredible amount of work dedicated to VOIP, these disadvantages
will no doubt be resolved withinin the next 2 years. It is expected that
by then VOIP will have widespread consumer acceptance.
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