The Pros and Cons of VOIP

Voice over Internet Protocol Technology became very popular. Combining regular phone service and digital communications it has reached the new level. VoIP brings functional, comfortable and affordable service, which eliminated many problems.

Even if the VoIP technology nowadays is great, it is very important to understand its advantages and disadvantages before you start investing money in this phone system. Currently, there is large variety of VoIP providers, and specifically your savings will depend on the system in which you decided to invest money.

VoIP Pros

Affordable price

You can call and talk for free! The main advantage of the VoIP service – the financial savings; almost all calls from PC to PC (from computer to other computer) are free anywhere in the world. Free calls – this is an advantage that leads many people to switch to VoIP telephony.

You have to pay for making calls from PC to phone, land line or mobile, but this price is inexpensive, and it is lower than your regular phone service would charge you. Basically, no one from the VoIP providers will make any extra charge or have hidden fees. After switching to VoIP service you will remind with horror about the huge bills that you had to pay before.

Additional Features

The cost of the VoIP service depends on the chosen service provider. Also the there are great variety of the calling features. Most service providers include features such as call forwarding, call waiting, DID. Many companies use VoIP because it is very simply to make improved video-conference calls and make message and data exchange information parallel with the conversation. Any information can be sent virtually, anything at anytime; all you need it high speed internet connection.

Mobility

On of the major inconvenience encountered when moving to another house or apartment is changing the phone number. If you are moving to another country you will have to change your mobile phone number too. VoIP telephony eliminates this inconvenience, because it is not distance or location dependent. The broadband connection gives you the possibility to make and receive calls all over the world simply by signing in to your VoIP account. Your location does not matter; you can use your assigned unique number which doesn’t change, remaining constant.

VoIP Cons

No Power – No Phone

VoIP is not very reliable in case the electricity is out for any reason. You won’t have the phone system. During the power outage there is no Internet connection, so there is no possibility to use the computer. If you want to use the VoIP service during power outage, a power supply or a generator must be installed on the premises, but as a rule this is very expensive.

911 Calls

Your location can not be traced with VoIP service, because it is a transfer of data between two IP addresses, not physical addresses, so there is not way to determine your VoIP call origin. This is the main reason why many people are afraid to implement VoIP service in their home. The fear that they won’t be able to contact the police, fire department, poison control, all these are important concerns for people.

Technical issues

The echoing and static has to be improved. The conversations become impossible in case there is poor quality of the connection and if all negative effects occur simultaneously. This problem of sound quality in VoIP-telephony has not yet been saved definitely, this being the biggest drawback.

As you can see, there are some disadvantages of the VoIP system, but since VoIP is a new technology, issues like latency, connection-time will be worked out. All these problems will soon go into the past. The advantages of the VoIP service make clear that it is worth to switch to this service. VoIP receives widespread consumer acceptance.

ABC – VoIP Ltd. is leading VoIP Telephone Company. It provides most effective and efficient services. The main goal is to offer flexibility, portability and ease-of-use. ABC-VoIP helps you to make financial savings, and reduce your phone bills on the phone calls.