What is a VoIP Phone Service?
VoIP stands for “Voice Over Internet Protocol”, which is a technology that allows you to make phone calls using your Broadband Internet connection instead of your regular phone service. It is also referred to as Voice over IP, Broadband phone, Internet phone service and Digital Voice. Yes it is a marketing game by the different service providers but they all uses the same core technology. You still simply pick up your regular phone, dial a number and talk. VoIP is simple and is for everyone. It doesn’t matter if the person you are calling has VoIP or not, this is all taken care of by your VoIP service provider. The only requirement for this technology is a high speed internet connection, such as DSL or cable, as the service is based on broadband Internet communication. VoIP requires a speed of up to 90Kbps depending on the voice compression algorithm chosen by the service provider. This is a higher speed than dial-up Internet so a Broadband Internet connection is a basic requirement.
