This concept allowed internet users to place long distance phone call without worrying about the charges. During the early years of VoIP, both the caller and the receiver needed computer equipped materials in order to use it. Even though the VoIP had poor connection and sound quality when it first started it showed good promises. In recent time, the usage of VoIP has increased among computer users dramatically. After realizing how good of a deal it is to avoid fees from making long distance calls, clients have come to support it more than ever.
There are three types of Voice over Internet Protocol, analog telephone adopter (ATA), Internet Protocol Phones, and Computer to Computer. The ATA is the most common way of using VoIP because it allows you to connect a standard phone to a computer or internet connection for use. The ATA is described as an analog to digital connector because it takes analog signal from the phone and transmit it into digital data over the internet. Internet Protocol Phones are specialized phones that have RJ 45 Ethernet Cable connector. It links directly from the phone to the router to handle all calls. Wi-Fi hotspots allow Wi-Fi phones to make calls. Computer to Computer is the easiest way of using VoIP, there are free to very low chargers for place long distance calls. There are two types of phones that uses VoIP, soft phones also known as software phones and hard phones. Hard phones are computer that are built to look like phones. Soft phones are pieces of software you install into normal looking computers act like a phone. You can install soft phone into PC's, IPad, IPhone, netbooks, or an IPod. When you install a soft phone onto the computer it allows the computer to connect to the VoIP server so it can act like a telephone. Examples of soft phones are Skype, Bria, and iCall.
An overview of how VoIP is to transport voice over a data network, the human voice must be "packetized.
