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VoIP is an acronym that is going around a lot lately, but what is it? It stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. This is the new level of phone service that you can use that costs a lot less than a traditional phone line.

In traditional phone service voices are transmitted via phone lines. They all need to be hard wired in. Phone companies must maintain these lines. This can be very costly.

Voice over internet protocol is phone service that is provided using high speed internet service. The phone line is “piggy-backed” on cable lines that are all ready present. If you have high speed internet, all you have to do is purchase a special type of router and a service plan.
VoIP works with traditional phones even. You just plug them into the jacks in the router that you purchased.

A few years ago there were only a few companies that offered VoIP services. More are now competing. New services are being offered. Worldwide plans are now even available. Cable companies are jumping on the bandwagon and bundling phone service in with their television and internet service. This is referred to as bundling a package, basically giving you more features in one package.

This competition has lowered the prices as well. Traditional phone companies are having to lower their prices to be competitive with VoIP service providers. In the years to come we will see VoIP become the prominent provider for home telephone service due mainly to the fact that voice over IP costs a lot less.

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