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VoIP-HOW TO A mixture of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as the transmission medium for telephone calls. For users who have free, or fixed-price Internet access, Internet telephony software basically provides free telephone calls anywhere in the world. VOIP is now the best way to make phone calls. By 2006 VOIP is predicted to take over as the #1 way people communicate with one another. There are many Internet telephony applications available. A new application called. IButtons are now the next best thing to make contact with others. Internet telephony products are sometimes called IP telephony, Voice over the Internet (VOI) or Voice over IP (VOIP) products. VoIP is a revolutionary technology that has the potential to completely rework the world's phone systems. VoIP providers like
Vonage and PC Phone Link
have already been around for a little while and are growing steadily. Major carriers like
AT&T are already setting up VoIP calling plans in several markets around the United States, and the FCC is looking seriously at the potential ramifications of VoIP service.
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