What is a telephone switch?
The University operates its own telephone system, sometimes called a PBX (for Private Branch Exchange). The central equipment used to generate dial tones and route calls within the campus and to off-campus numbers is referred to as a telephone switch. It is these central telephone switches that are being replaced or upgraded by TSRP. • What is VoIP? Voice over Internet Protocol (Voice over IP or VoIP) provides the capability to carry normal telephone conversations over an IP-based network. VoIP enables data equipment to carry voice traffic (for example, telephone calls and faxes) over an IP network. • What is IP Telephony? IP Telephony, also called Internet Telephony, is the technology that makes it possible to have a telephone conversation where the signal is carried over the Internet or a dedicated network in Internet Protocol (IP) packets, instead of over dedicated voice transmission lines. The technology used to carry the signal over the IP network is commonly referred to as Voice
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