How reliable is the 911 service on VOIP phones?
Question by bathroomhog1990: How reliable is the 911 service on VOIP phones?
I have recently got rid of my Embarq phone service at home and have switched to ITP VOIP which is cheaper and better. However, I have read a lot about how 911 service doesn’t always work well with VOIP. Can anybody with a VOIP phone service (eg. Vonage/ITP/Lingo/etc.) who has attempted to call 911 on it before tell me if it actually worked or not?
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Answer by Nunya B
Well, I’ve never called 911 from any phone, but I can tell you this much – VoIP providers do not provide E911 service. That means that if you do call 911 the operator will not see your address on their screen. If you are unable for some reason to speak they won’t know where you are.
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Categories: VOIP Questions Tags: phones, reliable, Service, VOIP
Can someone explain Voice over IP Chat to me?
Question by Rhythmn is my life: Can someone explain Voice over IP Chat to me?
I have a friend who wants to get me on it. What is it, exactly, and how do I do it?
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Answer by David D
You speak into a microphone. Your computer converts the sound into a digital signal and sends it over a network to another client. It is then converted back into audio for the other person to listen to.
Its basically like a telephone, but using the Internet instead of the normal phone network.
How you do it depends on which VoIP system you use, which has to be compatible with your friends. Ask them how to set it up – they know what software they are using and already have it running at their end.
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Q&A: VOIP – Voice Over Internet Protocol; how reliable is this communication solution?
Question by Shaula Brandt: VOIP – Voice Over Internet Protocol; how reliable is this communication solution?
For the company I work, I am looking into possible new communication services. I have heard of VOIP, but I would like to hear from someone who has experienced it to know what to expect. Is this solution reliable and worth the investment. I am told we would have to replace all our current phones, but the cost savings for the services would pay for the investment in the first year.
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Answer by Rawr_chomp
VOIP works very well as long as you have an internet connection. If your internet connection goes down, your phones will also not work. I have seen this become a major issue in the past.
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Discuss the pros and cons of Voice Over IP?
Question by jasmine112098: Discuss the pros and cons of Voice Over IP?
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Answer by frozenstorms
VoIP can take a significant chunk out of your internet bandwidth, and if it is unstable/slow, you might get poor quality/connectivity; however, on a corporate level, the upgrades to the internet, the new hardware, etc., is almost always justified by the large amount of money saved within a few years.
It might be prudent to note that in the case of a power outage, your phones would be rendered useless, which is often not the case with POTS, as the phone is powered through the phone line, though most people are completely dependent upon wireless receivers nowadays, which rely on a power source. But an “old school” phone is still useful for emergencies when using a POTS.
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Voice over IP?
Question by Tasm: Voice over IP?
I want to create a program to do voice over ip where multiple clients can connect. What language would I use, anyone have a code example?
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Answer by Skotos
You could use almost any language that has support for TCP/IP and/or UDP. I think the most commonly used language right now is Java, but you can also do so in C# and C++.
I’m not sure how you’d go about recording audio (as I’ve never had to do that), but you’d probably want to setup one application as the server for all of the other clients to connect to. Then when the server receives an audio packet(s), it can distribute them to the clients.
Of course, it’s all easier said than done. =)
Have fun!
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What is VOIP? (voice over internet protocal)?
Question by leela: What is VOIP? (voice over internet protocal)?
I always here people talking about VOIP, and im also starting a business and i heard VOIP is the best but im not 100% sure of what it is.
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Answer by CB
It is using your internet connection to make/receive phonecalls.
So for your business, if you have DSL or broad IP provider, and you have phone line thru them, it will use the your IP provider’s data lines for phones, not traditional phone lines.
Advantage – Huge bandwidth.
Definition:
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a general term for a family of transmission technologies for delivery of voice communications over IP networks such as the Internet or other packet-switched networks. Other terms frequently encountered and synonymous with VoIP are IP telephony, Internet telephony, voice over broadband (VoBB), broadband telephony, and broadband phone.
Internet telephony refers to communications services—voice, facsimile, and/or voice-messaging applications—that are transported via the Internet, rather than the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The basic steps involved in originating an Internet telephone call are conversion of the analog voice signal to digital format and compression/translation of the signal into Internet protocol (IP) packets for transmission over the Internet; the process is reversed at the receiving end.[1]
VoIP systems employ session control protocols to control the set-up and tear-down of calls as well as audio codecs which encode speech allowing transmission over an IP network as digital audio via an audio stream. Codec use is varied between different implementations of VoIP (and often a range of codecs are used); some implementations rely on narrowband and compressed speech, while others support high fidelity stereo codecs.
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are there any fax machines that will work with voice over IP?
Question by NY: are there any fax machines that will work with voice over IP?
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Answer by ebo
Any fax machine works with VOIP. You can even use a free fax via email from jfax or efax. I have VOIP using Skype and Meritcall at meritcall.com and I have a fax machine that I use to fax people with and I use Meritcall. But to receive, I use my jfax free version and I print them myself.
It’s hard to use Skype with fax machine because you have to get a Port Converter for Skype. Which means you have to buy a hardware that will enable your usb to phone line. Which cost about $ 30. Search for USB Skype in Google or Yahoo.
I bought my fax machine in ’89, and it’s still being used, then migrated to VOIP 4 years ago, and it still works.
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Can anyone argue for or against VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) versus standard phone service.?
Question by Harlan B: Can anyone argue for or against VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) versus standard phone service.?
Do I save money by routing phone calls through the Internet. Do I have to use my laptop and a headset to answer or make calls or can we pick up any phone in the house and make and answer calls? Is the technology to new to even consider now? I am confused.
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Answer by Irish1952
The main thing that I have heard against it is that if you ISP goes down, you don’t have a phone.
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What is the difference between IPT (Internet Protocol Telephone) and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)?
Question by coder: What is the different between IPT (Internet Protocol Telephone) and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)?
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Answer by ryu
Voice over Internet Protocol is a protocol meant for the transmission of voice through the Internet or other packet switched networks like LAN or WAN. VoIP differs from IP telephone in the sense that VoIP actually transmits voice rather than the protocol implementing it.
In IP telephony or Internet Telephony….u may call it broadband also..here the voice is actually broken down into bits and bytes and by techniques known as multiplexing and demultiplexing they actually tranmsit voice across the internet …so the basic difference being the method in which both of them transmit voice..
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Q&A: what is the difference in a landline phone and voice over ip phone?
Question by nicole: what is the difference in a landline phone and voice over ip phone?
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Answer by classicsat
It depends what you mean.
If you mean a phone that plugs into a phone line or a VOIP adapter, there is no difference.
Now, you can get VOIP specific phones, which have the VOIP adapter built in, and plug into the wall with Ethernet cable, or use Wi-Fi to connect to a VOIP service.
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