What is a VoIP Phone?
Copyright 2006 Peter Nisbet In spite of the growing popularity of IP telephony, there are still many people who do not know what a VoIP phone is. What is the difference between a VoIP phone and an ordinary phone? As far as you are concerned, probably not a lot. You can still use your own landline phone if need be, though in its simplest form there is no VoIP phone handset as such. Just a microphone and speakers will do. All you need is some software which is supplied by the provider. You can use your normal land-line phone. Just like digital TV requires a box, either set-top or included in the set, VoIP needs a box which you can either buy yourself, or get from your VoIP provider. Once you connect your phone to the box and the box to your internet connection, you have your VoIP phone system using your own phone. Due to the connection speeds involved you have to have broadband or another high-speed internet connection. Your telephone conversation passes through the internet in packets i
In spite of the growing popularity of IP telephony, there are still many people who do not know what a VoIP phone is. What is the difference between a VoIP phone and an ordinary phone? As far as you are concerned, probably not a lot. You can still use your own landline phone if need be, though in its simplest form there is no VoIP phone handset as such. Just a microphone and speakers will do. All you need is some software which is supplied by the provider. You can use your normal land-line phone. Just like digital TV requires a box, either set-top or included in the set, VoIP needs a box which you can either buy yourself, or get from your VoIP provider. Once you connect your phone to the box and the box to your internet connection, you have your VoIP phone system using your own phone. Due to the connection speeds involved you have to have broadband or another high-speed internet connection. Your telephone conversation passes through the internet in packets in the same way as any other
A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone is a type of phone that uses digital technology to transmit phone calls via the Internet rather than regular phone lines. A VoIP phone allows the user to bypass traditional phone companies entirely, placing all calls via the Web. VoIP phone services require the user to have digital subscriber liner (DSL) Internet service. Despite the difference in technology used with VoIP phone calls, dialing, talking on the phone, and receiving phone calls is pretty much the same as is experienced with landline phones. No particular type of phone is required for using VoIP services. Typically, VoIP service providers supply their customers with telephony adapters (TAs). The TA plugs into the customer’s cable or DSL modem and translates electronic data from the user’s phone into special Internet protocol (IP) packets that transmit over the Net. Any existing home phone can be plugged into the TA and used for VoIP phone calls. Many individuals choose VoIP phone
In spite of the growing popularity of IP telephony, there are still many people who do not know what a VoIP phone is. What is the difference between a VoIP phone and an ordinary phone?As far as you are concerned, probably not a lot. You can still use your own landline phone if need be, though in its simplest form there is no VoIP phone handset as such. Just a microphone and speakers will do. All you need is some software which is supplied by the provider.You can use your normal land-line phone. Just like digital TV requires a box, either set-top or included in the set, VoIP needs a box which you can either buy yourself, or get from your VoIP provider. Once you connect your phone to the box and the box to your internet connection, you have your VoIP phone system using your own phone. Due to the connection speeds involved you have to have broadband or another high-speed internet connection.Your telephone conversation passes through the internet in packets in the same way as any other fil
