Talk:Voice over IP
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Is stability and resiliency really going to be better than telephony?
I think it is stretching things to claim VoIP will provide better "stability and resiliency" than traditional telephony. While the mesh topology of Internet provides resiliency, so do the redundant fibre rings in telephony. Telephony has very strict rules and contracts for service stability and redundancy at every point in the network, it can withstand power outages etc. I suggest that stability is still an issue for VoIP, not a strength. If I don't get convinced otherwise over next few days, I'll probably edit the article to take it out. jabelar
Which systems are peer to peer?
In the see also and external links sections, it would be useful if whether the system referred to is peer to peer were stated. Mr. Jones 11:42, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Does VoIP eliminate call charges?
- "Voice over IP" is a protocol for the internet, which transfers voice.
- VoIP is also used by large companies to eliminate call changes between their offices, by using their data network to carry inter-office calls.
Should it rather read: "to eliminate call charges"?
S.
No. This wouldn't eliminate call charges to third parties.
Mote 03:13, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
External linkgasm
The "Other links" section is currently ridiculous, with over 30 links to everything from individual providers to blogs that talk about VoIP when they're not talking about the Red Sox to really useful resources.
When should I link externally? Not very often. I'm going to decimate that section; if I blew away a link you added, it's not because I hate you, it's because there's Too Much Stuff There. But before you re-add it, please read over those guidelines and be sure it really belongs here — after all, Wikipedia is not a link repository. — mendel ☎ 04:49, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
- To which I should add: I'm sure lots of those links have information that could be added to this article or to other articles. Thinking of expanding Voice over IP? Check the history for sources! — mendel ☎ 04:53, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
IP -> phone bridge?
The question I came to this page to answer is this: where is there a bridge from the Internet to the telephone system? Who pays for this? Is it true that if I had VoIP software I could call a plain old phone elsewhere? — BenFrantzDale 06:03, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- It's the classic IT answer..."it depends." If you are talking about a business phone system, when you are calling another land line, it will be routed out over the normal land lines. If you are talking for home use, then you are probably looking at something like Skype. Skype has some calling plans where you could call land lines from your computer (VoIP), but really the only difference is that it's going to route over their land lines (hence the charge) to the point of least cost (typically called "least cost routing"). The only way for it to be totally "free" would be calling another VoIP point (e.g. another Skype user). Cbarbry 07:56, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Could you or someone else who understands this add this info to the article? BenFrantzDale 03:39, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- There are many providers who offer VoIP->Landline bridging. You pay them, usually by credit card in advance. Tarrifs are usually cheaper than landline calls as most of the way is done over the net and land lines are only used for the last bit.
- They often also offer landline phone numbers so people can reach you from an ordinary phone. Incoming calls to your VoIP phone are free for you and cost the normal tarrif for the caller. You can get different numbers of course so that people calling you from London can use a London phone number while you're really in the US.
- Example (SIP-based) providers: http://www.sipphone.com, http://www.sipgate.de, http://www.nikotel.de, http://www.freenet.de, http://www.web.de, and many others. -- Gabriel Wicke 14:26, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Pronunciation
How should VoIP be pronounced? - smjc