Internet Phone: the Ultimate VoIP Phone Solution

Internet Phone

Internet phone is a more flexible VoIP solution. Here your regular telephone turns into an Internet Phone (also called a Broadband Phone) when you connect it to your internet connection through an additional piece of hardware called ATA (Analog Telephone Adapter).

ATA converts the voice (analog) signals of your phone into digital signals which then are carried over the internet. In most cases you get this device free when you sign up with a VoIP service provider which may use other name to describe it but essentially its function is the same: to convert your voice into digital signals.

With an analog adaptor in place, you dial a number on your regular phone in the usual way. What happens is that now your voice is carried over the internet instead of the traditional telephone network.

When you talk with somebody on an Internet Phone usually he cannot tell the difference that you are calling from a VoIP phone because the voice quality has improved with the advance in the VoIP technology. Another factor that contributes to the improvement of voice quality is that you are using your handset instead of a headset or speakers and a microphone

IP Phone or Internet Phone

This is an improvement over using your regular phone to make a VoIP call. IP Phone is an exclusively VoIP phone which looks like an ordinary telephone but has all the software and hardware components needed to make a VoIP call already built into it. Just connect this internet phone with your internet connection and you are ready to make VoIP calls.

IP Phones work on different protocols such as MGCP, H.323 and SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). Of these the SIP Phones are becoming the standard.

VoIP Phone – Your Phone On The Move

As these broadband phones connect directly to the internet connection, you do not need to keep the computer on while making or receiving phone calls.

Another advantage with these phones is that you can access the VoIP phone system from any internet access. Take your regular phone and an adapter or an IP Phone with you while traveling and you can make VoIP calls from a broadband internet outlet in your hotel or a WiFi hot spot – this is something which is not possible with your traditional phone.

WiFi phones also come in this category of VoIP phones. They look like your regular cell phones but operate on the VoIP system through wireless when they are within a hot spot area. WiFi phones have started coming into the market and will provide ultimate convenience in using the VoIP phone system.

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