VoIP

One of the biggest industries in the world today is the telephone
industry. Between sales of physical telephone units, sales of local
calling plans, sales of long distance calling plans and sales of cell
or mobile phone plans there are billions of dollars exchanging hands
on a regular basis within the telephone industry. Because of this people
are always being solicited by companies claiming to be offering the
next greatest thing in telephone technology.

In many ways it is rather ironic that telephone companies solicit
customers long distance in order to offer them economical long distance
plans and many customers have now become so jaded, that they simply
do not respond to that type of sales method anymore.

If however, the product being offered is new and innovative and at
the same time the product is able to do a lot for the people that are
buying it, then the product will survive.

In today’s world, things tend to survive more on their own merits
rather than on the hard selling done by people looking for their own
commissions. One such technology that has taken the telephone communication
world by storm is the patented VoIP technology.

VoIP

VOIP is an acronym that stands for voice over internet protocol. It
is a piece of technology that allows customers to actually chat with
other people through the use of their internet connection rather than
a conventional telephone line. The quality does not suffer at all in
a good VOIP connection and even the long distance connection is able
to maintain the same high quality that a customer has come to expect
from their current long distance provider.

The only real difference between VOIP connections and their conventional
telephone counterparts is that the VOIP connection maintenance costs
tend to be quite a bit cheaper. The reason for this is that the internet
is being utilized in order to help the consumer facilitate their telephone
needs. To a large degree, the consumer is already paying for most of
the technology used in VOIP services with the internet monthly payment
they are already making. The bottom line for this is that the internet
service provider providing the VOIP service does not have to charge
as much for it and those savings usually end up being passed on to
the customer.

VOIP Setup

You don’t really need much in order to set up a very good VOIP
uplink. First and foremost you need to have a broadband internet connection.
In other words, you need to have fast internet along the lines of a
cable or a DSL connection. Once you have this then all you need is
a phone to utilize with the VOIP service and you are good to go. Once
you sign up with the VOIP service from one of the many companies around
that offer it, you will receive very detailed instructions on how to
arrange the cables around your computer and modem in such a way as
to facilitate the VOIP service. Once you’ve done that you can
pick up the phone and start chatting right away; it is quick, easy
to setup, very cheap and the height of convenience in the world today.