What are the disadvantages of Internet telephony?
While the quality of Internet telephony calls has improved over the years, the biggest drawback of these calls will be a perceptible delay during conversation. VoIP needs high bandwidth, something the ISPs are not in a position to supply immediately. Unfortunately, India is rather bandwidth starved and with implementation of VoIP, telephone networks and switches will get severely clogged. Conversation could also get garbled at times, as the Internet is more prone to losing parts of a message than a regular telephone network. How soon can I start using PC-to-phone services after April 1? The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is insisting that Internet telephony be considered a service and not an application. The debate over the issue is in progress. This means the government may introduce a licensing regime to regulate Internet telephony. This would keep out the small operators and ensure that the cost of International calls do not fall too sharply. Which means that even though the
