How does this help?
What are the specific advantages that VoIP offers?
VoIP helps you to use your existing Internet connection to make or receive calls and you do not need to rely on the traditional telephone lines. The primary benefit is that you may be able to save hundreds of dollars a month because you will not need the traditional telephone lines and you can completely bypass your phone company while making the calls.
VoIP is the latest technology that has given a paradigm shift to the way we communicate with our phone systems – both at our office as well as at home. There are several VoIP providers in the market that are providing their services at a fraction of prices than your telephone company. The time is not far when the traditional telephone systems will book their places in the pages of history as they are going to be slowly replaced by VoIP phone systems.
The most interesting VoIP feature is that you will be able to place calls in different ways and it will depend on your choice. Let us take a look at the different types of VoIP calling:
Phone to Phone (Analog Telephone Adapter or ATA)
This is the simplest as well as the most popular way of making or receiving calls. You will need an analog telephone adapter or ATA that helps you to connect your standard phone to the computer network and use VoIP. This is a standard that converts analog signals into digital signals.
Phone to computer (IP phone)
These are the phones that have been specifically designed to work with VoIP service. It looks similar to the usual digital phones and you will need a RJ45 connector for connecting it to the network. These phones can be directly connected to the router and it has all the necessary hardware as well as software to manage IP calls. There are even Wi-Fi enabled IP phones where you can connect to the Wi-Fi network and make calls.
Computer-to-computer
This is probably the most popular and easiest of all VoIP calling as you will be able to make calls between two computers that are on the same network. Also, you won’t need to pay for the long distance calls because they use the Internet, and you already pay a bill for that. There are no additional charges on the calls that you make from a computer because the calls are absolutely free. There are several VoIP service providers who provide the software for making the calls so you will need to arrange for the speakers and microphones to make the calls.
Computer-to-Telephone:
You can place calls from your computer to any phone around the world and charges are very low.
Mobile-to-other devices:
This is a recent phenomenon. With an app that you can download for Android or iOS, you cellular phone becomes an end device. You can make and receive VoIP calls the same way as if you are sitting at your desk.
VoIP has numerous advantages and you will be able to even integrate the same with your mobile phone. Thus, you need not even be at your desk to make calls or receive calls. Several advanced telephony features can be accessed by using VoIP. You will love to be a part of a telecom revolution because there are many things that you can actually gain by implementing VoIP at your office or home. Businesses can make their communication systems robust and competitive by opting for the latest Voice over Internet (VoIP) telephony.
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