What’s the difference between VoIP and voice over the Internet?
Our new Voice over IP system is NOT voice over the Internet. IP stands for Internet Protocol, which means that the voice is digitized into data packets so that it is compatible with being sent over data networks, including the Internet. HOWEVER, our VoIP only carries the call in IP format from your desk phone to the other phones on campus or to the SBC switching office across from the Cedar Avenue Service Center. Our call are not routed over the Internet. They travel on dedicated long distance trunks that use the IP format. Many of your long distance calls today go on these dedicated trunks that use the IP format. These dedicated trunks are not susceptible to SPIT (spam over Internet Telephony). If you originate calls at your home to go over your current dial-up or high-speed Internet connection, you may be susceptible to SPIT. That does not apply to the Case VoIP network.
