VOIP this, VOIP that, what is VOIP? If you’re like me you’ve probably heard VOIP more then once recently, it is fast becoming one of the wider spread technological crazes sweeping around the world.
VOIP is but one of many names for this particular technology, VOIP is an acronym for Voice Over Internet Protocol, other names it goes by are; IP Telephony, Internet Telephony, Broadband Telephony, Broadband Phone, and Voice over Broadband.
Now that we know its many faces we can being to understand what it is, basically it is the routing of voice conversations over the internet or any other IP-based network, as opposed to the traditional method through physical phone lines.
How is this possible? Alas it is not wizardry or any other kind of magic, but a simple process that converts the analogue signals from the physical phone lines into small IP packets that can be transferred over the internet.
The signal is converted to these IP packets during the outbound flow and then converted back to analogue when received on a traditional phone at the other end, this process can be performed by a separately purchased analogue to IP converter which connects into existing phone systems.
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