Feb 2, 2017

Advantages And Disadvantages Of VoIP Phone System

By George Cooper


A Voice over Internet Protocol or simply VoIP will work by converting an analog and a digital phone signals into IP packets. After the conversion, these will be sent over the internet. A signal conversion function is either included in the VoIP phone or in the ATA or Analog Terminal Adaptor. Integrating this with most phones having SIP client can be done.

This is considered as revolutionary communication technology type that is being set in order to replace the conventional type of telephony system. An internet based type of a telephony system is being preferred mostly by people since it has a better connectivity and operation cost. In Vancouver CA, this VoIP phone system Vancouver has become more and more popular because of its advantages.

New technologies are being developed in order to eliminate the drawbacks which are often brought by the old ones. So in this article, you will know more about the pros and cons of this and how are home users and businesses are acquiring their benefits from it. Consider these following information about the hosted VoIP service and the VoIP as a whole.

The advantages. Having low costs. If this technology is being used, much amount of the financial aspects can be saved. The reason is because of a single network only is used for carrying both data and voice that is also provided by a single supplier only. Have lower taxes. Since the calls are being made over the internet, there is no need for governments to impose taxes on these services.

Portability. These type of services do not depend on where the location is and how far the distance is, and thus, the users can still be able to make their calls even if they, as the senders and the call receivers are miles away. It is often associated with email because communication can be done anywhere with the broadband connection. No cables are added. Portable VoIP phone or virtual numbers are being used, and thus, users are able to bring them anywhere.

Features. Unlike the regular services that often charges for more extra features, these new services come with hosts of some advanced features of communication. These common features would include call waiting, caller ID, three way calling, call forwarding, and voicemail. Flexibility. Phone numbers are programmed to converter, thus, allowing regular phones to use these new phone services. Video conferencing is also being offered.

The disadvantages. There will be no service during power outage. When there is no power supply, IP phones cannot be kept connected. So one good suggestion is to install an uninterruptible power supply or a generator. Emergency calls. Traditional phones equipment has the ability of tracing where the location of the caller is during emergencies unlike the IP types.

Reliability. There are services or some limitations of PC which can affect the connection and the reason is because the internet is being relied on, and thus, resulting to having some distortions and garbling of sound quality. The voice or service quality is dependent on some factors such as connection, call destination, service provider, hardware, etc.

Security. Similar to other services, security must be considered as the first priority. Common security issues would include malware and viruses, spamming, phishing attacks, service and identity theft, service denial, and call tampering. And thus, these disadvantages must be worked for the increase of usefulness and reliability.




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