Whats the difference between a phone conference and using internet (Voice over IP) based services like Skype?
A. There are 3 main differences. 1. Quality & Reliability 2. Salability 3. Cost Quality & Reliability: VoIP calls are subject to the vagaries of internet connectivity between parties which can impact call quality and reliability. By contrast traditional telephone based services use lines specially designed to carry voice traffic and are therefore much clearer and more reliable. Salability: For non-critical one to one conversations. Skype and other VoIP systems can be adequate however adding more callers compounds the problems with noise on the line meaning that there is a practical limit of just a few users. Telephone based services can easily handle tens or even thousands of callers without loss of quality and offer value added services such as managed event calls and call recording. Cost: Many VoIP systems do not charge for call time and are therefore often described as free. This is somewhat misleading in that to access the free service you need a broadband internet connection and a
