According to the International Engineering Consortium's Web site, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is defined as Internet telephony, which refers to communications services that are transported via the Internet, rather than the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
The Web site also describes the basic steps involved in starting an Internet telephone call, which begins with the conversion of the analog voice signal to digital format and then the compression/translation of the signal into Internet protocol (IP) packets for transmission over the Internet.
Many popular VoIP technologies include Skype and Vonage. The best thing about VoIP is that it is becoming easier to use and is becoming less expensive than regular phone calls.
Having not tried this technology myself, I decided to check out Skype to see what all the hub-bub was about VoIP. Below is a video tutorial detailing how to download, install and run Skype on your computer.
Making a phone call on your computer is definitely neat and should be tried out by anyone who has a good-working computer because there may be some difficulties in the program taking up space and memory on your computer while it is running.
Check out the International Engineering Consortium's Web site to learn more about the expanding use of VoIP in today's society.
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