(Internet security software) Voip Technology Opens Up New Market Possibilities
No commentsBy Moses Holder
Close to 1200 companies are now providing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service in the US and Canada. Despite this figure more and more cable companies, DSL operators, and telecom majors are moving to this technology, most likely because they realize that VoIP is the future of telephony. They also likely realize that the market is still wide open, making now the best time to capture it.
The success of VoIP services can be boiled down to two factors. Cost is the first factor. Unlike conventional telecom companies, VoIP companies do not need to invest in expensive infrastructures because the Internet serves this function already. This means they can start and run a phone service at a tiny fraction of the cost of a conventional telecom company–a savings that can be passed on to the consumer.
This allows VoIP companies to make a profit while charging rates that are comparatively very low. In fact, some VoIP companies offer call plans starting as low as $9 a month. Furthermore, most of VoIP companies offer unlimited calling across the US and Canada. The end result is a phone bill half that which the average phone subscriber is likely to pay for conventional telephone service.
The second factor to the success of VoIP services is all the low-cost or no-cost added features. The average VoIP phone comes with a plethora of useful features. These features likely include caller id, call-waiting, three-way calling, call blocking, distinctive ring, international call forwarding, call waiting disable function, repeat dialing, return dial, call filtering, sequential ringing, secondary virtual phone number, additional service lines, toll-free numbers and Web-based management.
This is a massive improvement over the features offered by most conventional services, and since they are usually provided at no additional charge by VoIP services the customer is getting a phone service that not only costs less, but also offers more features. More and more Americans and Canadians are switching to the VoIP services for just this reason. The only additional expense is the up-front cost of the installation of a broadband cable connection or a DSL line, which of course many already have for their computer connection.
Initially the VoIP services were limited to the geeks of the world, who used telephony software that was available free on the net and ran on a computer. This option never gained popularity because the voice quality was usually poor and the service only allowed calls to be made from computer to computer. The requirement for both users to be online and in possession of similar software in order connect over VoIP was a serious limitation.
Once the infant VoIP software was modified to allow connection to specialized or standard phones through adapters it became possible to call from one phone to another. It was then that the potential of VoIP was realized. When companies like Vonage launched an aggressive campaign to woo traditional phone subscribers the technology got a significant further boost. After that the market absolutely exploded.
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Ring Back Ring Tones by Verizon
By Moses Holder
Verizon Wireless came up with an answer to the ring tone rage that is going around in the cell phone industry. Instead of going with the flow that every cell phone manufacturer has gone through, Verizon came up with the ring tone reverse.
Reverse ring tone is basically the music ring tone that the caller is hearing from his or her side of the line. As the owner of the cell phone, you get to choose the music that you want to replace the standard ring tone that people will hear when they call you. so, you will not only get to enjoy the music when others are calling, your callers will also get to hear some music while they wait for you to pick up.
Although ring back tones have been going around for quite sometime, it was Verizon Wireless who started making it a hit in the United States.
Verizon Wireless first presented this ring tone idea during the days when ring tones were on its peak. With all the major cell phone companies trying on different approaches to ring tone, Verizon decided to shift from what the wave was about. So they designed this ring back capabilities for people to shift to.
Just like the ring tones for cell phones, ring back became one of the most popular and most coveted services to ever hit the cell phone market. Almost everyone are willing to pay the extra charge that goes with getting themselves ring back tones from Verizon Wireless. And why not? Ring back is the neatest thing after ring tones.
Verizon Wireless was wise enough to start a trend in ring tone technology and present it at the proper time when people were already tired of their ring tones. The thing with ring tone is that they tend to become boring once you get to hear it everyday. Not only that, there is always that urge to change from one downloadable music to another once new songs hit the charts. This makes people fickle minded in the search for the ones they definitely want.
With Verizon Wireless’s ring back tones, some of the problem is eliminated because the owners are not the ones who will get to hear the tones over again. For the callers, any kind of song is an welcoming relief to those standard tones that they hear on home and office phone lines.
Ring back tones can make the waiting worth it. It is just like listening to a radio or stereo. There would not be impatient callers with ears getting tired from the continued buzz. All they have to do now is listen to whatever is playing over the cell phone while they wait. It can be said that listening to a good music can be fun. Besides, once you get absorbed in the tone, you would not realize that the ones you are calling have let you waited a long time on the line.
The ring back tones from Verizon Wireless is one major breakthrough that is still being used by many up to now. The thing that differentiates it from ring tone is that you would not need a new model or advanced cell phone kind to avail of this service. Any brand or kind of cell phone will do.
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Transmitting Voice over A T1 Connection
By Moses Holder
T1 connections are basically high speed data and voice connections. When you subscribe for a T1 connection the service provider lays optic fiber cables at your premises and you get a dedicated connection to the server of the internet service provider.
A conventional telephone line converts the voice of the speaker into analog signals which are transported through copper wires and get reconverted into sound at the receiver’s end. This has been the only mode of voice communication through the years and by itself is still a reasonably efficient means of communication.
But with globalization and liberalization being the driving force of most of the economies of the world and with phenomenally improved transportation facilities, business has become a multinational phenomenon and physical distances are no longer an insurmountable barrier.
With the spread of the business being far and wide, the need for rapid, uninterrupted and noise free communication has become the order of the day. The volume of communication has increased manifold and so is the need for a hyper efficient and reliable medium through which such communication can be done.
T1 service is another way making your voice communication more reliable and hassle free. The digital circuitry uses channels to carry voice and data. The capacity of such channels is far more than the conventional phone lines. In one such channel twenty four separate calls can be made! That is to say, if you take one T1 connection, you are actually taking twenty four telephone lines.
Instead of converting your voice in to analog signals, it is converted into digital signals and then transmitted over optic fiber cables. This lends extreme clarity to the spoken words - the receiver can hear exactly what is spoken without the accompanying noise or hum which is common in conventional phone lines.
Since the optic fiber cables carry any sort of digitized data, a T1 connection can be used for both the purposes. So, popularly T1 connections are referred to either as voice T1 or data T1.
The beauty of T1 lies in its flexibility. In conventional phones, lines are assigned to users. But in this sort of voice communication it is not so. Suppose you are in desperate need of some business discussion on the phone. You find that your boss’s phone is free but you can’t go in his cabin and use that instrument since he is busy in a meeting. What do you do? Well, twiddle your thumbs and perspire in anxiety!
But if your office has a T1 connection, you can call from any phone within the office and if at least one channel is free at that point of time; you would be able to communicate.
This flexibility allows maximum and most efficient utilization of a T1 service. To put matters in perspective, a twenty four channel T1 connection can serve at least one hundred members of an office without difficulty. Since this connection can utilized in a much better way, it is advisable to give this option a serious thought.
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