DATA VoIP SOLUTIONS: THE FUTURE TO COME

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VoIP Phones

This is where we present the actual products, the VoIP phones, and companies offering them.  We have carefully chosen representative products from respected companies from both the UK and North America and provide links so that you may check out the companies, the  VoIP software and VoIP phones  yourself.


We start with a product which seems to be on everyones lips at the moment whenever VoIP is spoken about, Skype. 

You can use Skype on any Windows, Mac, Pocket PC or Linux computer with an Internet connection. Preferably using a broadband connection. Getting started is simple. If you're using Windows the Skype Starter Kit has all you need:

  • A CD containing the Skype software (just pop it in your computer to install or just download it free from skype.com).
  • An earbud with a built-in microphone. Microphones are used in place of VoIP phones.
  • A voucher for 30 minutes of SkypeOut calls from VoIP phones to traditional phones (there are instructions on how to redeem this in the pack).
  • With Skype, you can call your friends for free, wherever they are located, anywhere in the world, and make long distance calls to landlines and mobile phones at local rates.  You can't ask for more! 
60 million people are already using these great benefits. If you want to know more about Skype try one of these:

North America - Skype Store USA

Europe - Skype Store Europe
 
Of course Skype is not the only company offering VoIP products, and many users in the USA prefer these to Skype: Via-Talk 

These guys give you free VoIP telephone calls throughout the USA and Canada for $15.95 a month.

I have been asked in the past what form VoIP phones take.  In fact with true IP telephony, there is no such thing as VoIP phones.  They are simply microphones operated by the VoIP software in the computer.

If you are looking for a good VoIP provider at 50% of what you pay for a conventional phone system, this company has a good selection of plans and VoIP phones.  For example you can have unlimited calls to the UK from USA for $24.95, or for only $34.95 you get unlimited calls to fixed phones in the USA, UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Ireland.

Check them out here:  INPHONEX
 
There are other IP telphones, but the above are those I have seen in action and was well impressed with them.  VoIP may still be in its infancy, but these are great systems, even this early in the game.