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Broadband or Internet phones function like real phones but convert voice into digital signals that are then conveyed over the Internet. The technology used is termed as, VoIP, Voice over Internet Protocol. Less expensive than regular phone services broadband phone services offer caller ID, call waiting, voice mail, call filters, hunt facilities, as well as conferencing.

Broadband phone services need a high-speed Internet connection and do work with wireless ISPs. However, there are still concerns over voice quality, reliability, and security.
The advantages are:

• Great savings in phone bills especially in long distance calling.

• Choice of area code and addition of other inbound numbers for a small fee. This means you can have local numbers in multiple area codes around the country.

• The option of a second full service line at low cost with unlimited long distance service. Can be used as a voice or fax line.

• Availability of comprehensive on-line control over call forwarding, time of forwarding or number forwarded to. E-mail notifications, voice mail messages or e-mail or voice mail, can all be arranged.

• One can access voice mail by taking along the phone adapter from hotels, offices, internet cafes, and so on. The VoiP service can travel with you.

VoIP can work with:

• A home office PC in which the software is loaded along with a headset or specialized broadband phone connected to the PC. Advantages of software based VoIP are that it allows integration with other software, offers lowest calling rates, uses existing hardware, utilizes few power connection, and needs little space. Disadvantages are that the system needs the computer on at all times, cannot use existing telephone equipment, and blocks valuable computer resources.

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• With an adapter box that links the high speed net modem and the home office network or PC. Advantages of this are that it functions independently of the computer, uses landline equipment, allows vendor control of adaptor support and programming. Disadvantages are that it is not compatible with computer software, needs space and power outlets, and lends limited control.
The new technology is provided by many companies like AT&T CallVantage, Broad Voice, BroadVox, Lingo, PacketB, and Vonage. The approximate costs are from US$ 14.95 to US$ 19.99 per month for residences and US$ 29.99 to US$49.95 per month for small businesses. There is a start up fee of US$ 39.94 to US$ 138.00 charged by some companies.
More information on the options as well as services can be gleaned from:

• What Broadband? at http://www.broadband-service-uk.com/why.html covers different broadband suppliers, has in depth articles as well as FAQs.

• The Connection Store at http://broadband-phone.connection-store.com/ features broadband phone vendors, a service provider comparison, as well as articles and quick links.

• Database Systems Corp at http://www.databasesystemscorp.com/psphoneservice_directory_broadband.htm has detailed information directory on broadband service providers.

• Broadband Phone at http://www.broadbandtry.com/broadbandphone/ –has information about broad band phones, providers, news, as well as blogs. There are links as well as articles and resources.

Using broadband phone services can save you considerable amounts in phone bills. Make an in depth study of options in your area. Weigh the pros and cons and reap the many benefits. Technology can really work for you.

Paul Wilson is a freelance writer for http://www.1888Discuss.com/voip/, the premier REVENUE SHARING discussion forum for VOIP Forum including topics on online voip, voip phone, voip service providers, voip solutions, business voip, internet telephony voip and more. His article profile can be found at the premier VOIP site http://www.1866Voip.com

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A misconception because after all, VoIP and Internet Telephony use a completely different signalling system to traditional telephony. Therefore a different device must be required to convert those signals into the sounds that make up a telephone conversation. However, it is now possible to install a device; a VoIP gateway between the IP network and existing phone systems that converts the signalling from one to the other.

The VoIP gateway has two distinct roles. The first is to convert the signal so that a person using an IP device can talk to one on a traditional TDM device and vice versa. The second role is to manage the network signalling and routing.

For example, all IP devices, including phones, have an IP address while traditional telephones, even extensions on a company phone system, have their traditional telephone number. If a company has connected its traditional telephone system to an IP network, then incoming calls from the IP network will be looking for an IP address. The gateway’s job is to recognise the traditional telephone to which that IP address has been allocated and route the call accordingly.

This is just one simple example. Professional-class VoIP gateways, will translate all the sophisticated functions that have been developed in the traditional phone systems such as call forwarding and conferencing.

The better VoIP gateways also feature “pass through”. This function recognises the fact that for all its functional advantages and ability to save money, IP telephony is susceptible to catastrophic failure. For example, IP telephony requires a discrete power source, unlike the phones that will keep working even when the lights are turned off. For emergencies, therefore, an enterprise will want to keep at least one phone in each premise attached to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). For example with VegaStream’s “pass through” this phone is connected the IP network until that network fails at which time it automatically connects to the PSTN.

The Benefits

Cost

With a VoIP gateway, a company can make telephone calls between sites at no cost using the IP data wide area network that it has installed to connects its computer systems. It can also use a gateway to connect its existing telephone systems to an Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP). ITSP’s use the Internet to radically reduce customers’ telephone bills. In both scenarios, employees would use their telephones as normal. There is no training costs, just a significant reduction in the phone bill.

Flexibility

Enterprises are beginning to recognise the advantages of a fully converged communications solution. This is where all electronic communications - voice, data, video, instant messaging and email - all pass over a single network. This technology allows for highly efficient and content rich collaboration and interaction and is becoming the de facto standard in customer facing contact centres.

However, while there may be a strong business case for converged communications in the contact centre, the same may not be said for the broader organisation where the significant costs of the existing telephone system may yet to be written off. In these scenarios, the VoIP gateway will provide the solution for a company that wants to make a partial, and gradual, commitment to new converged technology, for example the company can mix and match traditional and IP telephone systems yet all use the telephones as usual.

The VoIP gateway is the essential bridge between today’s telephone system and the future of converged communications.

Formed in 1998, VegaStream is one of the most experienced players in the industrial VoIP market. The company supplies gateway CPE to both traditional telecommunications carriers and the new generation of Internet telephony service providers. VegaStream also serves the enterprise market through a global network of distributors and resellers supported by regional offices in the UK, USA and Australia. VegaStream is a non-listed UK company. Investors include the management team, Pace Micro Technology PLC and MTI Partners.

http://www.vegastream.com

January 10th 2010 Posted to Telecommunication Management

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What if there was a way for you to chat to him without paying for it? Well, there is : free phone chat.

Free phone chat has been around for quite some time now, but many people do not know that such technology even exists and that’s the reason why hardly any have taken benefit of this great gift! All you need to do is be on the web at the same time, have a headset with a microphone with you and you can start talking away!

The great thing about free phone discuss is that it keeps the same clear and crisp connection that you get on any standard telephone. Free phonephone discuss is as straightforward as logging into any of the free discussion sites and availing yourself of this great service. Together with free webcam chat, free phone discuss allows you to connect to your loved ones and buddies on a completely different level. Writing to your family and friends is one thing. It’s another thing to see them. But when you add to that the capability to hear their voice and see them at the same time, this type of communication makes technology such a blessing for mankind.

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In a welcome change in the broadband industry, BE Broadband has introduced the first-of- its-kind web self-service feature in association with Transversal to provide an advanced customer service system to its subscribers.

This service will enable the subscribers to get their queries answered online though an automatic reply system on the BE website, which will not only clear all their basic doubts but also connect them to human representatives, if they feel the need to engage in a live chat with a service executive.

Currently, the BE website has a database for answering over 200 questions. However, the company is now in the process of examining further queries and in devising their answers in order to update their website.

Davin Yap, CEO of Transversal, said that this new technique will mark a dawn in the highly competitive broadband industry, where all the internet service providers are constantly trying to outrun their competitors in providing better and more efficient services to customers. He added that the instant success of the system shows that people find it more convenient to surf for answers on the internet instead of using phones.

According to Louise Kirlew, head of Member Services at BE Broadband, the main focus of the service is to provide the subscribers with an additional channel of communication, so that they can receive precise and instant replies without having to wait.

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Many people in the UK have been utilizing the digital technology to help improve lives of others. Though not well known to the world, their efforts are making a huge difference to a lot of people. To encourage such efforts, TalkTalk and Martha Lane-Fox have decided to recognize them by giving them the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards.

The award will be given to 12 persons, who will be selected from a pool of nominations from every region of the country. The awards will help recognize the efforts of these people who are doing so much good for the society and also help them financially in their endeavours.

11 out of the 12 winners will be awarded £5,000 while a grand prize of £10,000 will be given to the best project. TalkTalk Broadband has also decided to provide all 12 winners with free internet for an 18 months period.

Wendy Becker, the MD of TalkTalk believes that the award will go a long way in encouraging these people and supporting their efforts. The previous winners of the award have communicated their gratitude to the company and have told them that the financial help allows them to reach out to a much larger number of people.

Ms. Becker said that charities should look for such people and nominate them for the awards before 11^th September 2009 after which the process will be closed. They can file the application online on the website of TalkTalk. This year the ceremony will take place in the House of the Parliament, sometime in November.

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Mobile broadband providers have adopted various marketing strategies such as snazzy advertising, low prices, offering laptop bundles and other appealing free gifts to promote growth. These tactics appear to have worked, and the mobile broadband dongle seems to be selling like hot cake nowadays.

Statistics show an immense growth in mobile broadband. Mobile Today has reported that sales are continuously increasing and will soon reach 20,000 per week. The sales have increased, even during the current economic meltdown, to 58,000 in January this year as compared to only 27,000 in October 2008, according to a market research company Gfk. These numbers are indicative of the explosive growth that the industry is witnessing.

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Mobile broadband has become more popular due to the lack of fixed line broadband services in several remote parts of the country. The introduction of improved electronic devices such as iPhones has also made the technology popular among the public, and the whole industry is now looking forward to this market to drive their future growth.

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