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The Ringing Revolution Of VoIP Phones
If you have never heard of VoIP phones, then get ready to change how you view long-distance phone calls. If like me you have family and friends spread across the world that you do not manage to communicate with as much as you would like due to hidden call charges and the fear of over-priced calls, look no further. VoIP phones or voice over internet protocol is a method of taking analogue audio signals, much like what you hear on the phone and turning them into digital data that can be transmitted over the internet.
So you may be wondering at this point, that's all very well and sounds impressive but how is that useful to me? Well VoIP phones can turn a standard internet connection into a way of placing free phone calls. The practical use of these phones is that if you use some of the free VoIP software that is available to make internet phone calls you are successfully bypassing the phone companies and all of their charges. A sound pretty appealing doesn't it? Especially to those who have family or friends all over the globe that you wish to stay in touch with.
VoIP is set to change the way in which we use phones, VoIP phone providers have been around for quite a while and are growing steadily. Major carriers are already setting up VoIP calling plans within the United States and the FCC are looking at what implications of the VoIP technology is going to have on the industry.
Above everything, these VoIP phones are definitely 'reinventing the wheel' and changing the traditional phone system that we currently use today. One interesting thing about this technology is that there is more than one way to be able to make a call, there are three different ways of VoIP service available today.
The simplest and most common way to make a VoIP call is through a device known as an analogue telephone adaptor or ATA. The ATA allows you to connect a standard phone to your computer or your internet connection for use. The ATA is an analogue to digital converter and it takes the analogue signal from your traditional phone and creates it in to a digital data transmission over the internet.
The next way to use this technology is with IP phones, VoIP phones look like ordinary handsets but IP phones have a RJ-45 Ethernet connector. These phones connect directly to your router and have the hardware in built within them to create the phone call. The final and easiest way to use this service is simply computer to computer, there are many companies offering free software to allow you to make calls, all you need is a speaker, a sound card and an internet connection.
About the Author Dominic Donaldson is an expert in the communication industry. Find out more about VoIP Phones and how the services available provide network communications.
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