Thursday, July 24, 2008

What is VoIP or BroadBand phone?

VoIP or Voice over Internet protocol is a protocol that transmits voice over any packet swicthed network like Internet. The term VoIP is more generally used for actual transmission of voice through internet like broadband telephony, IP telephony, broadband phone or Internet Telephony. It actually refers to digital transmission of voice through Internet.

VoIP transmission can be done from pc to pc, pc to phone or phone to phone. It is largely dependents on the service provider who provides this broadband phone facility. To become the customer of IP phone, you need a computer with a broadband connection or a special type of phone with VoIP adapter.

The major advantage of VoIP is that calling rates for long distance calls are considerably reduced. VoIP calls are also generally more secure than traditional phone calls since the data is encrypted and transffered over network which is not easy to be tapped.

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