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VoIP Service and What you should really know?

Updated on August 5, 2011
VOIP - Voice over IP
VOIP - Voice over IP

Internet phone is an excellent alternate to the regular landline phone service. Regular phone users hardly know what this phone is and how it can benefit them.

This article will review and compare internet phone with the other phone alternate and make suggestions accordingly, so the ordinary phone user can make a more informed and investment-intelligent decision.


How VoIP works?

VoIP service totally depends on the internet for its functioning. The technology that this phone service uses is altogether different from the landline phone.

The voice is first converted into data through a special protocol called VoIP or voice over internet protocol. This way of communication is not used by the ordinary phone services.

Landline phones use the copper wire technology and analog signals. This technology is very old and is not capable of taking the heavy toll of the current phone users pressing needs. The voice that is converted into data and then back to device is done through a special instrument known as VoIP ATA.

We all know that internet is already used for many different purposes. Internet phone is one other useful way of utilizing internet for the benefit of the phone users. Using internet for telephoning instead of landline phone not only improves the quality of the voice that users have, it also enhances the reliability of the phone service.


What makes it different?

Landline phone and VoIP service are different because of their reliance on different technologies. The different features that each type of service offers apart from reliability are also different. You need internet for using VoIP service and on the other hand, a phone line is required to use the landline phone.


Benefits of internet phone over other services?

Here is a look at the advantages of having VoIP service.


Number of service features

The first important advantage of using the internet phone service is that you will be able to enjoy a lot of service features. Landline phone users are not offered that many number of features which means they will be only able to use this service as a basic telephone, nothing else.

On the other hand, internet phone’s reliance on internet means that the users are able to use all the additional features that this service is capable of offering them. Axvoice and other leading VoIP brands offer high value for money features to their customers. You can find all kinds of service features from a VoIP provider which would further the utility that you can derive from your phone service.


Lower calling costs

The cost of the outgoing calls greatly varies from one type of phone service to the other. Landline phone users are offered high cost services for making both national as well as international phone calls. On the other hand, VoIP providers are offered services that are really cost effective and the low calling rate further saves money for the phone users.


Globally accessible service

VoIP service can be used at any place, anywhere in the world, which is one major advantage that they have. On the other hand, telephone cannot be used globally, which is one of its other drawbacks.


Hope this article is helpful to you!

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