VoIP is an acronym that is going around a lot lately, but what is it? It stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. This is the new level of phone service that you can use that costs a lot less than a traditional phone line.
In traditional phone service voices are transmitted via phone lines. They all need to be hard wired in. Phone companies must maintain these lines. This can be very costly.
Voice over internet protocol is phone service that is provided using high speed internet service. The phone line is “piggy-backed” on cable lines that are all ready present. If you have high speed internet, all you have to do is purchase a special type of router and a service plan.
VoIP works with traditional phones even. You just plug them into the jacks in the router that you purchased. Read the rest of this entry »