What Are the Advantages of Getting VoIP?

VoIP services provide users with a variety of advantages that make your average phone call a thing of the past.

VoIP or Voice Over Internet Protocol services can be used to contact friends, loved ones or business colleagues around the world simply and easily.

Some services work through a PC or Laptop and other more flexible services work without the need for a PC using compact and portable digital phones that can be linked to any broadband connection in the world through the use of a router or modem.

Some service providers allow users to call any telephone number across the world whatever the distance and others offer a service that is free as long as an account is set-up.

Amongst the many great benefits is the chance to make worldwide calls at a lower cost than through a traditional landline service as the VoIP provider routes the calls through the Internet to the closest place to the call destination. This means that the calls are treated as short distance and the usual long distance charges are not involved.

There is also the option through some companies to attach your account to a different area code to that in which you live. This allows people who live in that area to call the user of the service for a lot less than through a traditional landline and is especially advantageous if they live abroad.

VoIP services can also provide opportunities to make conference calls, which allow you to talk to more than one person at a time and can be a great way to bring people together.

Through this technology there are a number of features and services that are not available through a landline. Some providers offer services such as voicemail that, as well as being available through a phone, can be accessed via web and e-mail so that a user can check to see if they have any important messages whilst at work!

As well as this there are features available that can be synced with Microsoft Outlook to allow users of VoIP phones to click a number in their address book to ring it on the phone, making calls even simpler and eradicating the embarrassment of calling the wrong number.

Providers offer a variety of options to their users that give them the choice to select beneficial packages and get the best value for money. For example if the user wants to call India this can be selected in a call plan and will allow the user to call that area for a lower price when compared to a landline alternative.

As many people in the UK already have a broadband connection the use of a VoIP service could save a lot of people a lot of money on phone bills. With many international calls cheaper and just as easy to make through VoIP it is definitely a big advantage of using the service. And when this is added to the long list of advantages listed above it is really worth looking into getting VoIP.

Costas Kariolis - Senior Director Online of Vonage UK. Vonage are leading VoIP (Voice over IP) providers for home & small business users. Offering unlimited and cheap calls to India and many other country landlines via an internet phone service for a set monthly fee.