voice over ip voip

voice over ip voip

Choosing voice over ip voip technology is not such a risk today as it was ten to fifteen years ago.  Voice over ip voip all came about in the late 1980’s/early 1990’s when the internet became a reality.  IP stands for Internet-Protocol.  As voice had been digitised in PABXs (Time-Division-Multiplexing) it was only a matter of time for it to be translated into IP-speak, so to speak!

So why did we say that voice over ip voip is less risky nowadays?  Well, using voice over ip voip within a closely controlled network such as a LAN or WAN is relatively straight forward as there will be an IT Manger monitoring traffic flows. As voice has to contend with data (text information, video streams, html, etc) packets. For voice communications to be effective, we need to be able to give an instantaneous reply to any words we hear. So voice has to be transmitted & received in real-time. The voice over ip voip QOS feature introduced in Layer 3 Switches and Routers prioritised voice.  It’s just like the taxi/bus lane on major urban roads where they travel much faster than other vehicles.

So voice over ip voip is fine on Local and Wide Area Networks.  However, when it gets into the web it has to take a chance and frequently voice over ip voip comms are not as good as we might wish for.  This is why BT is introducing its twenty-first-century-network (21CN).  You’ll see SIP trunks being offer now to replace ISDN circuits.  This will make voice over ip voip excellent for all.

Contact us on 0800 652 8052 to learn more about our voice over ip voip products and capabilities.