VoIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol

[mdvaldosta]

Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) is a method that is used for taking analog audio signals. It is much like what you would hear when you talk on the phone. With VOIP they are turned into digital data that can be transmitted over the Internet. Many people have never heard of this system and the [...]

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[lemon]

they may have never heard of it, but if they voice chat, its the same damn thing.

 

[lemon]

oh yes.. also forgot - the target of the voip phone call has to have their computer running, if its through their computer. and if you use voip exclusively, you are screwed in a bad storm...

 

[NightWarrior]

oh yes.. also forgot - the target of the voip phone call has to have their computer running, if its through their computer. and if you use voip exclusively, you are screwed in a bad storm...

This is not new. Time Warner has been offering this for years. Its a normal telephone, you don't need a computer for this. I started my programming life out at Nortel writing tons of embedded code for this, which was way back in 1999.

The storm would have to be bad enough to knock out the power. All cable lines are buried nowadays. Besides, thats what cell phones are for.

 

[jezebelus]

This is not new. Time Warner has been offering this for years. Its a normal telephone, you don't need a computer for this. I started my programming life out at Nortel writing tons of embedded code for this, which was way back in 1999.

The storm would have to be bad enough to knock out the power. All cable lines are buried nowadays. Besides, thats what cell phones are for.

What are you talking about, of course you need pc for voip, it means VOICE OVER IP which means you need ip address which you get when you connect to internet.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

What are you talking about, of course you need pc for voip, it means VOICE OVER IP which means you need ip address which you get when you connect to internet.

No, he was right. You don't NEED a PC for VOIP. You just need a broadband internet connection.

 

[Boomer]

Har har. I was usin this in middle school.

 

[NightWarrior]

What are you talking about, of course you need pc for voip, it means VOICE OVER IP which means you need ip address which you get when you connect to internet.

Oh yeah? My phone works flawlessly, yet it is plugged into nothing but the phone jack. No smoke and mirrors and no hidden computer. Just the modem that was mentioned and contrary to popular belief, this is not a pc.