Broadband telephony is starting to take off in Australia with the rapid take up of broadband internet across the country. Skype phone and
other services have been popular overseas and with low call rates and advanced services on offer the future for Australian VoIp looks good.
What is voip?
Voip, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is a technology that enables people to use the Internet as the transmission medium
for telephone calls. Voice data is sent in packets through your high-speed Internet connection rather than by traditional
POTS lines (Plain Old Telephone Service) or PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network). Voip works just like a regular phone with just one key difference - how the phone
call actually gets to your telephone. Instead of using the telephone company's wiring, voip routes your phone
calls directly to your telephone using your high speed internet connection giving you the possibility to make and recieve calls just
as you would have in the past.
Or in more basic simplified terms: a phone service over the internet.
Sometimes VoIp can be referred to as broadband phone, ip phone, pc to phone or internet phone which are all pretty much the same thing.
VoIp, Internet phone - How does it work?
Standard phones are on a anolog system so something is required to convert it into a digital signal that can be sent over the internet. This is usually
done through a separate box or sometimes incorporated into a voip handset. You can also use a plain headset on your PC or laptop and with the right software use
your system as a phone via a voip service provider.
Whats the benefit of a IP phone?
Generally - substansially lower costs, multiple lines, self installation and a huge range of advanced features.
