A VoIP phone is a telephone with
built-in IP technology and transport protocols that is used in conjunction with
a VoIP phone system or
VoIP service allowing you to send and receive calls. VoIP stands for Voice over
Internet Protocol and is the widely used term associated with the sending over
voice calls over a network. It is similar in fit, finish and functionality to a
traditional desktop telephone except it uses a different underlying technology
(IP). IP stands for Internet Protocol, a method of transporting packets across
your Local Area Network (LAN) and or Wide Area Network (WAN).
This is the same technology
utilized by your data network to send and receive information. A VoIP phone
works by taking your analog voice and converting it into digital packets that
are then transmitted across a network. VoIP phones can also convert digital
packets in analog voice streams.
To accomplish this conversion
and transfer of voice stream a voip phones uk uses specific set of VoIP protocols
and voice codec’s. A VoIP protocol determines
how your voice packet is transported across a network. A VoIP phone will
typically support one protocol.
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The primary benefit of a VoIP
phone is its ability to help reduce expenses, because telephone calls travel
over the data network rather than the phone company's network. Most
businesses are using a VoIP phone throughout their own managed private
networks, rather than the public Internet, because a private network helps
ensure security and service quality. A VoIP phone system on a private network
also gives better control over voice quality, so that it is as good as, if not
better than, the quality provided by a traditional phone system. A VOIP
solution can be a hosted PBX system, as well as an on-premise PBX solution.
Today, most business entities are using voice over ip phone systems
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