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Article #409: The Fundamentals Of VoIP Gateways

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Translating voice calls between digital network device. These low end VoIP
for the Internet and analogue for gateways targets the home user and small
telephone systems is a challenging task, business owner. At the mid range of
and that is the task that VoIP gateways gateways, additional functionality such
perform by switching the calls between as signal encryption and voice
analogue and digital. Directing calls to compression is offered to ensure security
specific users is also a function and efficient bandwidth usage. At the
performed by the gateways. And they are higher end of the market are VoIP
able to translate between different VoIP gateways that cost several thousand
protocols. This protocol translation is dollars and are widely used by telephone
important because it enables different carriers and large companies. These
VoIP systems to talk to each other. systems have sophisticated functionality
Because of all of these benefits it is such as interactive voice response
easy to see why VoIP gateways are highly systems for automated voice response
recommended for any VoIP service. Since functions, and they can carry thousands
VoIP technology is becoming ever more of simultaneous telephone conversations.
popular, VoIP gateway customers have a They also offer other functions like
lot of products available. Mediatrex conference calling and call recording.
Telecom and Cisco System are two examples There are new features and functions for
of manufacturers that produce leading VoIP gateways being built all of the
VoIP gateway systems. VoIP gateways can time, such as support for emerging VoIP
either be hardware or software based. The standards and faster translations. Many
hardware gateways tend to cost more than of these improvements are software based
software gateways and can be purchased as and therefore can be sent to customers
a stand alone box. They tend to be viewed very quickly and cheaper in the form of a
as more reliable and do not consume software upgrade. One can expect to see
computer power. Buyers of VoIP gateways many more enhancements and improvements
can select from products that offer before VoIP and VoIP gateways can be
numerous phone, fax machine, PBX and STN considered a matured and saturated
support capabilities. The basic VoIP market. The end user benefits from these
gateways at the lower end of the cost improvements because quality and range of
graph comes equipped with a firewall, a services increase while overall call
router, and a telephone jack, and can be costs tend to be constantly driven
purchased for a few hundred dollars. This downwards.
type of device can offer three ports: one At you can get Voice over IP help, as
for a telephone jack, one for a broadband well as tips on where to find VoIP
modem or router and one for a computer or reviews.






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