Types of Broadband Phone
The Broadband phone makes use of the VoIP technology to make calls over the cable internet connection or the DSL to talk to anybody in the world from your existing home phone or the cell phone. It is clear that in a broadband phone or a cable modem phone, the Internet is used as a medium of transmission rather than a traditional phone line.
The broadband phones can be classified in two categories. In the first case, your PC can be used as a telephone. You require special software to be installed in your PC and a headset or a speaker attached to the PC. With the help of this special VoIP software, you can make a call to any other internet connected PC in the world and talk for any amount of time. You do not pay anything more than the internet charges. Besides it takes less space and less power connections. On the flip side, however, you will find that the software based broadband service requires the computer to work properly and may take valuable space on your computer.
The other type of broadband phone requires an adapter box that connects your computer to a high speed internet modem. The adapter based broadband service can integrate well with your landline phone and can operate even without your computer. All it requires is an internet connection. However, the disadvantage of an adapter based VoIP is the compatibility with the software of your computer and the fact that it can take more physical space and power connection.
Broadband phones normally come in the form of soft phones (software based) and hard phones (adapter based). The hard phones come in a range of standards of which the SIP and Grand Streams networks are well known. Broadband or cable modem phones have truly heralded a revolution in the field of internet telephone service.
Since the peak of the market in 1999 many companies have gone out of business and no longer require service.
Competition has been heating up since deregulation in 1996. Education in this vital technology is becoming an imperative to maintaining a competitive edge. Michael also authors BroadBand Nation
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