VoIP

ALSO CALLED: Voice over Internet Protocol, IP Voice, Cable VOIP, VoIP Services, Voice over IP, Voice-over-Broadband, VoB, and Voice-over-IP
DEFINITION: What is VoIP? VoIP (voice over IP) is an IP telephony term for a set of facilities used to manage the delivery of voice information over the Internet.VoIP involves sending voice information in digital form in discrete packets rather than by using the traditional circuit-committed protocols of the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A major advantage of VoIP and Internet telephony is that it  … 
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VOIP DEFINITION (continued): …  avoids the tolls charged by ordinary telephone service. Ask questions about VoIP at ITKnowledgeExchange.comVoIP derives from the VoIP Forum, an effort by major equipment providers, including Cisco, VocalTec, 3Com, and Netspeak to promote the use of ITU-T H.323, the standard for sending voice (audio) and video using IP on the public Internet and within an intranet. The Forum also promotes the user of directory service standards so that users can locate other users and the use of touch-tone signals for automatic call distribution and voice mail. In addition to IP, VoIP uses the real-time protocol … 
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