Article VoIP - Voice Over IP

[Ian]

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VoIP - Voice Over IP - VoIP - Voice Over IP

Introduction

VoIP is a term that you may not have heard of, but will become very common over the coming years. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a technology that enables the transmission of voice over an existing IP network (such as "the Internet" or a local network). Simply put, VoIP is a way of converting the analogue signals when using a phone to a digital format (across a network) and then back into analogue at the receiver. This means you can have...

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[Ian]

An interesting site for anyone thinking about giving it a go:

http://www.voipbuster.com/

Seems to offer free UK/US/EU calls to landlines! Not tried it myself yet, so I can't comment on it.

 

[Me__2001]

ian great article , do you know if you can use VOIP ofr 999 calls?, i read somewhere that not all services were able to do it

 

[Ian]

Nope, most places can't do 999 calls over VoIP - although I suspect they will have to soon!

 

[Me__2001]

i thouhgt not, hopefully they'll start introducing it