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VoIP enables wired people and wireless people to experience
great savings.
There are two different sides to the VoIP scene ….the fixed line and
wireless. Fixed line VoIP is relatively simple – if we can call any of these
modern miracles simple. What you need is a broadband always on Internet
connection.
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Contrary to much popular myth, you do not need a computer…just a
high speed always-on Internet connection. The phone service provider will
equip you with a telephone number (if you so wish) or you can keep your own
phone number) and a “black box” type of gizmo that plugs into the modem and
phone and away you go. Voice over Internet in its simplest form.
The main
advantage is cost….calls made over the internet are verrrrrrrrrrrrry inexpensive. Companies who have changed
from traditional phone service to VoIP have experienced significant cost
savings. Latest reports indicate that sound quality is almost as good as
traditional.
VoIP in the meantime is grappling with the challenge of providing uniform
911 service. And there is the added weighing of the cost of new hardware
against the possibly already perfectly working traditional equipment.
wVoIP or
Wireless Voice over Internet Protocol is much more complicated because it
also involves the convergence of cell phone technology and radio technology
and the vehicle that is commonly being used for wVoIP is WiFi.
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And while
cell phone and radio technology have some similarities, there are also
differences, chiefly in the software applications. Add to this the
availability of GSM and Wifi. It is true that WiFi hotspots are continuing
to multiply, as yet wireless Internet is far from a seamless garment.
Latest
consumer reports from In-Stat suggest that 40% of consumers are very or
extremely interested in Wireless Internet Phone technology.
It is
estimated that worldwide market for Voip will be 2 million in 2005 and
over 6 million inside the next two years. Some estimates are for 40 million
inside four years.
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