Archive for January, 2008

How Does VoIP Work?

To use VoIP your voice needs to be converted into digital data. Your voice is sampled – the sound is divided into discrete steps that are assigned a number value. This data is compressed and sent over the Internet, in packets of 1500 bytes. These packets contain information about their origin and destination. They also [...]

What is VOIP?

VoIP is an acronym for ‘Voice over Internet Protocol’, which is an ingenious internet protocol which allows you to make telephone calls over the Internet with any individual in the world who also has a VoIP-enabled system. Because of its ease of usage, low cost, and many other benefits, VoIP has been rapidly gaining popularity [...]