What You Need To Know Before Using VoIP
By Nadeem Unuth, About.com Guide to Voice Over IP
VoIP is a rather new technology revolutionizing the world of communications. It allows you to place and receive phone calls over the Internet, thereby drastically cutting down costs and making your communication experience much richer and nicer with a series of enhanced features and extended possibilities. Here, you will learn what VoIP is and what is it good for, how it works and other basic concepts in the topic.
Introduction to VoIP
Knowing VoIP and what benefits it can bring to your communication is important before switching to it. You need to know about the benefits and pitfalls of VoIP, how it works, and what you need to get started.
How VoIP Works
If you have a curious mind and wonder how on earth VoIP gets your voice through at so low cost, here are pieces of content that will illuminate you. If you are not that curious, it would still pay to read...
- The Internet Protocol (IP)
- How Does VoIP Allow Calls Between IP Networks And PSTN?
- Voice Compression in VoIP
- IP Routing
- Circuit Switching vs Packet switching
Glossary of Important VoIP Terms
Knowing the VoIP jargon is part of being successful in using the technology. Besides, VoIP takes shares most of its technical terms with other communication technologies, since it diffuses in most of them.
