Businesses large and small has realised the cost benefits of IP telephony.as VoIP technology becomes more commonplace and the networks faster and more established, LANs can handle virtually any kind of data.It’s the same deal for domestic users. More of us are building our own local area networks at home, expanding our Internet access with high speed Broadband connections that deliver sufficient bandwidth for us to seriously consider converging our home network with voice over IP telephony.
Even if its technologically feasible, why should you do it? When you look at the services and costs offered by VoIP providers compared to traditional telephone companies, the reasons become obvious!Using IP telephony at home is incredibly cheaper (often well over 60%) than using conventional telecoms providers. Or indeed any other hardwired mil-spec cables. In long distance or international calls for instance, they are indeed routed over the Internet but will eventually be switched over to landlines only when they reach the destination switching station. It becomes a ‘local call’, at least as far as the telephone company is concerned, and will be charged at appropriate local rates.Rates may vary when connecting with a mobile network, but they’ll still be remarkably cheap.
IP telephony packages from providers such as Kings Electronics for example are free to set up and allow users to talk to other Kings Electronics IP Telephone numbers at no cost.Calls from and to non IP numbers from Kings Electronics are charged out at only 30p per day.International calls are charged at local rates (in this case around 2p per minute) and all other calls/facilities are completely free.In fact, if you receive an inbound call from a Kings Electronics 0871 number, they pay you at 3 pence per minute!
Of course you do need to invest in some type of VoIP Telephony equipment. And you dont have to have an expert knowledge of electronic components.You can get voIP or SIP handsets nowadays from supermarkets that look just like a regular phone but plug into a router or LAN hub.Other supported options include Softphone applications that runs on your PC or an Analogue Telephone Adaptor (ATA) that will convert your normal BT type phone into an IP phone.
To make all this work, you should have a broadband connection faster than 128 kpbs to allow clarity of calls without using compression codecs and provide enough spare bandwidth for regular internet functions like emails, web browsing and file downloads.A broadband connection is also usually ‘always-on, so you can take and make calls without delays.
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