It would be surprising if VoIP wasn't popular
with so much going for it.
So what's so special about VoIP?
Can you imagine a technology for talking to your friends across the globe as
long as you like (or until they hang up on you) or maybe catch up with your
family members living away from you or across the street without worrying about
expenses?
VoIP is that technology. It lets you make calls either free or at rates which
you can't imagine with any regular phone system in the world.
What Is Free With VoIP?
You can make pc to pc calls to any place in the world without paying anything
anytime. Register with any of the
free VoIP providers, download its software
and you are on for free calls. The only requirement is that the person with whom
you want to call is also registered with the same free VoIP provider. This is
how free VoIP works.
Moreover you don't need any fancy equipment for making the free calls either.
What usually comes with the present day computers - mike and speakers - would
do, though you can go for other equipment if you like.
What Is Not Free?
VoIP calls to landline or mobile telephone are not free.
But here also the rates are unbelievably low – around two cents a minute for an
overseas call and limitless domestic calls for a flat monthly fee which could be
around $25 a month.
The rates for overseas calls may vary from country to country and with various
calling plans from the
broadband phone providers. But one thing is for sure -
you pay lots less, sometimes as much as 90%, than what a regular telephone
company would charge you for making such calls.
As if all this were not enough to make VoIP any body’s favorite, there is yet
another side to it.
Free Pc to Phone Calling - Best of Both Worlds
This one beats both free and paid VoIP. It goes beyond free VoIP to let you make
phone calls to landline phones but unlike in paid VoIP you don’t pay any money
for these calls. Instead you have to put in some effort here. Even then
free pc
to phone calling is VoIP at its best if you have some time for it.
With all this going for VoIP, do you still wonder why it is so popular?
