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Double Team: When Phones and the Internet "hook Up"

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Is a VoIP phone system right for you? Find out the basics on a VoIP system, and see if your business can benefit from one.

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VoIP systems allow telephone conversations to occur via the Internet. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology has many advantages over traditional phone service, such as low cost and long distance calling. You can make VoIP phone calls anywhere you can connect to the Internet. VoIP works by converting and transmitting telephone calls as data across a VoIP network.
Many phone companies already use VoIP systems to place long distance calls, but only recently is it becoming available to consumers directly. There are many companies that currently offer free software to let you connect to VoIP networks and place free phone calls. A broadband connection and an adapter in many cases is all that's required to make the switch to using a VoIP system. You can even use your existing phone.
You will however need an adapter that converts your phone's analog signals to data for transmission over a VoIP network. These adapters simply connect from your company to your existing phone line. Where you would typically connect your phone to the wall jack, you would now connect it to the adapter and then to your computer.
There are currently companies that already provide all of this usually at substantial savings to typical phone services. Companies provide the software and adapters to consumers. The services provided by VoIP providers are comparable to that of traditional phone services and some have even more features. Features and services include: business voice mail system, personal voice mail system, caller id, call forwarding, three way calling and others.
A VoIP system uses packet switching to change the face of telephone service. In the early days of telephones, circuits and switchboards were used to connect people making and receiving phone calls. In this way telephone users literally had to be connected from a wire. Switchboards and circuits had to make these connections manually for each individual call. Digital technology changed that and today's current traditional phone service digitalizes thousands of calls and can transmit these via fiber optic cables.
Today call data is broken down and smaller pieces and sent via VoIP networks on the Internet. It uses the Internet's packet switching technology to achieve superb efficiency. Some of the current drawbacks to a VoIP system include connection reliability/integrity, the dependency of traditional telephone service, dependency on power and the difficulty in calling 911 (You can still call 911, but they will not be able to tell where you are calling from).
Despite technology, traditional phone service works all the time. VoIP network calls are only as reliable as the Internet connection, computer, software, power, etc. Traditional phone service receives it's power through the phone line and will always work as long as the phone service provider is working.
There are ways to overcome these problems. Modems are now available with battery back up power thus eliminating the problem of losing power. Despite these challenges, VoIP technology is on the rise and many think it will some day take over traditional phone service as we know it.
Also, there are many VoIP venders to choose from. Different vendors offer different services at different prices. And there are other companies that sell VoIP systems at less cost than a VoIP vender. So take the time to look around and find what will work best for you and where you can get the best price, expandability, and software. Some companies even offer software interfaces that simplify voice mail access.
Rick Lorenzen is a Client Account Specialist for 10x Marketing. To find out more about an affordable and versatile VoIP system that you install yourself, don't visit a VoIP vendor, visit Simpliphones.

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I am a Client Account Specialist for 10x Marketing, and Internet Marketing Company.

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