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What Is All The Excitement About VOIP Phone Services
from: It seems like everywhere you go these days, people are talking about the VOIP phone service they got and how much they like it. Many college students do not even have a regular telephone in their dorm room or apartment, but instead they opt for VOIP phone services. What is all the hubbub? Did you ever feel like you were missing something and did not know what it was?Let's talk about VOIP and what it can mean for you. VOIP phone service is not without its own set of disadvantages, so be sure you consider all the angles before you run out and sign up for VOIP.
What VOIP does is allow you to make and receive phone calls over your high-speed Internet connection. There, that is it, that is the entire idea behind it. But now let's look a little bit deeper into what that actually means and whether it is right for you.
The first thing to consider is whether or not you can get a LOCAL phone number. In the more rural parts of the country, you may not be able to get a local number, and VOIP service may not be right for you if, for example, your next door neighbor needs to make a long distance call to reach your phone.
Yes, you can "port" your existing phone number to your new VOIP service, but there have been so many horror stories about how the phone companies screws that up that I would not recommend that option. It SHOULD be simple, it should be seamless, but like many other things, the reality of what happens does not reflect the simplicity of doing it.
Next you need a high-speed Internet connection. This is NOT provided with your VOIP service. The majority of homes in the US who would be good candidates for VOIP phone service already have a high-speed Internet connection, so it is going to use something you already have anyway. But be aware of two caveats here:
1. A high-speed Internet connection does NOT include satellite. If you have a satellite high-speed Internet connection, do not consider VOIP because you will not be happy. Sure they will SELL it to you but with a satellite high-speed connection, you will not be happy and you will sound like you are talking from the bottom of a bathtub in best case.
2. How reliable is your high-speed Internet connection? If it is not reliable, if it is iffy, if it has frequent outages or if you are getting a very slow speed, perhaps due to the distance limitations of DSL where you are at the very end of the service area, VOIP is not going to work well for you. Remember, if your Internet connection goes out, so does your VOIP service.
Assuming none of these disadvantages depict your situation, then you are probably in very good shape for great VOIP phone service. So why is VOIP better? The quality is at least as good and frequently better than regular phone service. The big reason that people are flocking to VOIP phone service is for the financial considerations. Basic phone service from the phone company costs about $25 per line per month, and that gives you only a line with dial tone, probably unlimited local calling. For the same price (or even less with some VOIP providers), you get unlimited calling locally, unlimited calling in the entire continental US (some also include Canada and/or Puerto Rico), you get voice mail, call waiting, and caller ID. Even if you do not make any long distance calls, the extra features alone that come with basic VOIP phone service are extra with your phone company.
Consider joining the VOIP phone service bandwagon today, but like anything else, be sure you do all your homework first to make sure VOIP is right for you.
About Author
Jon is a computer engineer with a wide variety of skills and expertise in many areas. To get more information about VOIP Phone Services, please visit his web site at http://www.voipinsideinfo.com
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