What is VoIP is the first and foremost question? Someone who is new to VoIP (or Voice over IP) and would like to know what we can do with VoIP or what kind of benefits you can get from VoIP, then this article is for you people. Let's read through to get basic understanding on VoIP.

What are the Basics?

Most people have worked with messenger services like MSN or Yahoo or AOL and are familiar about the audio/video features then it will become a little easy to understand as it's basically the same feature presented in a different way. They way you use your headset to talk someone around the world over the messenger interface will not get a dedicated interface to be used through your computer or you may buy a VoIP phone (just like any normal phone or use the conventional analog phone) with great feature to assist you make a quick call over your Internet Broadband connection.

Is it hard to setup?

Not at all, in fact it is very easy to setup VoIP. You the buy the connection from a Service Provider which would send the modem to you or you need to buy a modem from a store (local or on the internet). Power on your modem, connect the cable to your computer and modem. Plug-in the Phone to the phone jack at the rear of the modem. Now use the simple instructions to configure the modem through your computer. After successful configuration, the modem will reboot itself for the new setting to take effect immediately.

What benefits do I get?

You can expect to get more benefits than you're normal telephone and an old dial-up internet connection which is history now-a-days also, the benefits may differ from ISP (Internet Service Provider) to ISP. Some of many features include:

• Good features like the callerID, Call forwarding, Call waiting with caller ID etc.
• A simple to use Voicemail with Email notifications and Web access to the voice mailbox to play stored messages etc.
• Get the calls redirected to another number using the Auto-Forward
• Online access to manage your account including billing and call details etc.
• Dial from computer by using F6 on the keyboard to talk through the Phone instead of computer headsets. Easy!
• No need for a special VoIP phone, use the regular one
• Other cool features as an add-on for additional pound(s)

These features can make your laptop and moving phone with a wireless broadband connection already in place (or can be found at various public Hotspots or at office), you can call anyone anytime through Internet by using your headsets and microphone. If you are on a longer trip to another place, this is not at all a bad option as it will save a lot on your conventional type phone bills.

Bottom Line

Get use to this service to save up on your phone bills and to grab more than one numbers (where one will be your VoIP number and the other one local area number) on same phone.