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As highspeed and broadband internet connections are becoming more popular in homes across the Continental America, people are asking themselves can voice over ip calling save me bucks on my phone bill? To answer this catechism you should take a investigative look at voice over IP calling and the usual expenses affiliated with switching to VOIP.

The first thing you should know is how VOIP calling works. When you make a voice over ip call it works by converting the voice signal ,usually from a handset into a digital signal and sending it over the internet. The original digital signal is then converted back into a voice signal and comes out of your headset or earpiece (or even a voip softphone) on their side. By sending the signal over the internet it doesnt matter how far it has to go, a call to your neighbour would cost the same as a call to your relatives in Europe. For people who have long distance phone bills that are over thirty or so dollars, voice over ip calling may be able to save your a fortune!..

When evaluating voice over ip companies you should have an idea of of what sort of calls you make and how much they cost you a month.. What you should do is look at your phone bill for the past 3 to four months and calculate how how much time you've spent on the phone. If you making more then 6 hours of calls a month you will find voice over ip calling plans that are going to be heaps less than your normal telephone bill. If you if you use over 50 hours a quarter you'll probably find unlimited calling plans will be more cost effective. If you ring overseas quite often, double check see if international calls are included in the plans you are looking at..

voice over ip Equipment and other considerations

Some voice over ip services require that you update your current telephone or equipment. Nearly all voip services will require you to purchasea voip router. It connects your broadband internet access to your new phone system. Some Voip routers only interface more recent voice over ip phones, which means you will have to buy new softphones/headsets. This really becomes an important factor if you have more than one telephone in your house.

Actually, there are a few different ways you can get started with voice over ip. The method above is probably the more popular technique. I use this way myself and a lot of the residential voip providers out there today use this as well. However, there are few other ways you can connect with voice over ip:

PC to PC Connections

This is the fastest and possibly the easiest way to get plugged into voice over ip. As the name would suggest, instead of using your normal phone or IP phone to make calls through your DSL or broadband connection, you use your home PC (If you really have to you could do this over dial-up, but broad band is certainly better). There are a number of services, for instance, skype.com that offer a no cost services where you can talk for free with an existing connection. You'll need the voip software and a microphone to speak into, and headphones (or speakers) and of course your computer and a broad band internet connection. A lot of PC to PC voip service providers offer this service for free when their software can only be used by people running the same platform.

IP Phone Internet Protocol Phones

As the name might imply, these are special phones. Although you wouldn't know it just by looking at them. What is different about Internet Protocol phones is the circuitry, and the fact they dont take a regular phone - an RJ-11connection. Instead ip phones take an Ethernet cable connection (RJ-45) and are also equipped with the required electronics to plug straight into your router.

So, what are you waiting for - Search for providers below:

VOIP providers in the USA: 3WayCommunications Corp., Advanced Communications.

VOIP providers in the UK: aq Limited, Cypher 7.

VOIP providers in Australia: Apanjan Telecom, VoIPex Pty Limited.

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