| The History of Voice over Internet Protocol By | | | | protocol.Businesses began to use VOIP over their |
| the end of 2006, | | | | intranets to help |
| Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) may | | | | communicate within their company. But with the |
| account for as much as | | | | introduction of |
| 25 - 40% of international voice traffic. This | | | | switching equipment in 1998 by 3 manufacturing |
| prediction is | | | | companies, the |
| impressive, but it is even more amazing when | | | | history of voice over internet protocol took a |
| you consider the | | | | turn towards the |
| relatively short history of voice over internet | | | | future.Now VOIP could become more readily |
| protocol. It | | | | available to users at home |
| began as a hobby for some people in Israel who | | | | instead of at a specific facility belonging to the |
| were only able to | | | | provider. By |
| communicate by computer.Later that year, in | | | | the year 2000, more than 3% of voice calls |
| 1995, the first company in the history of | | | | were made over the |
| voice over internet protocol to put a product on | | | | internet using VOIP.Today, there are both |
| the market was | | | | hardware and software options for those |
| Vocaltec. They released Internet Phone | | | | interested in business VOIP and for their personal |
| Software, which in | | | | use. You can |
| combination with a home computer, sound card, | | | | purchase hardware that will allow you to use |
| speakers, | | | | your normal phone |
| microphone and modem allowed users to make | | | | handset when making a phone call.You can buy |
| a phone call over the | | | | phones that are VOIP ready and need only an |
| internet. However, the people on both ends had | | | | internet |
| to have the same | | | | broadband connection. Or, you can purchase or |
| setup, and sound quality was much less than on | | | | download software |
| a normal phone.In 1998, there were more | | | | that will let you use your computer instead of a |
| milestones in the history of voice over | | | | phone, provided |
| internet protocol. Entrepreneurs began to | | | | that you have speakers, a microphone, and an |
| recognize the | | | | appropriate sound |
| potential of the technology and soon | | | | card.Many phone companies have begun to offer |
| computer-to-phone and | | | | packages that include |
| phone-to-phone connections (still using a | | | | local and long distance VOIP calls for a flat |
| computer for the | | | | monthly fee. With |
| transmission) were possible for making voice calls | | | | the advent of broadband services, sound quality |
| over the | | | | has become |
| internet. The service was available using a phone | | | | parallel to regular land line phones for the first |
| at a | | | | time in the |
| provider's location in North America only.It | | | | history of voice over internet protocol. And the |
| required the users to listen to an advertisement | | | | number of |
| at the | | | | people using VOIP is only expected to grow.Van |
| beginning and end of each phone call, but in | | | | Theodorou will help you slash your telecom |
| exchange their long | | | | expenses by 43% |
| distance calls were free. In 1998, less than 1% of | | | | and assist or even become your telecom |
| voice calls | | | | department at no cost to |
| were made using voice over internet | | | | you. |