VoIP Phone

January 20, 2012 Create or Manage Your Profile Webopedia Daily VoIP Phone VoIP phones utilize packet-switched Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), or Internet telephony, to transmit telephone calls over the Internet as opposed to the circuit-switched telephony used by the traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The advantage to VoIP phone calls is that unlike regular long-distance calls, phone calls made through a VoIP phone service are free – there are no fees beyond the cost of your Internet access. Also referred to as online phones or Internet phones, a VoIP phone can be a physical telephone with built-in IP technology and an RJ-45 Ethernet connector instead of the RJ-11 phone connector found in standard phones, or it can be a voice-capable computer that uses VoIP hardware such as MagicJack or VoIP software like Skype. This flexibility makes it possible for VoIP phone calls to function as Internet phone-to-phone, Internet phone-to-PC, PC-to-PC or PC-to-phone calls. SeeThe Difference Between VoIP and PSTN Systems in theDid You Know? section of Webopedia. Also see theVoIP Meets WiFi article in theDid You Know? section of Webopedia. Previous Terms-of-the-Day Term of the Day Google Gadget  Term of the Day on Twitter  Webcast: Critical IT Security Protection--Build, Monitor and Defend Your Company Sponsored by New Horizons Webcast: January 18, 10:00am PST/ 1:00pm EST On January 18, Nima Khamooshi, a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and recognized SME (subject matter expert) in IT security, will be speaking on the topic "Critical IT Security Protection: Building, Monitoring, and Defending Your Company." This session will highlight some of the latest happenings in IT security and how IT security staff are adapting their skill sets and security controls to enhance organizational effectiveness while reducing risk. Don't miss out! Click Here >>    Video White Paper: Stop Babysitting Your Applications    Critical IT Security Protection--Build, Monitor and Defend Your Company    The Social CRM Playbook    White Paper: Mission-Critical Java Job Title: Sourcing Manager at a major investment bank Company: Columbia Technology Location: US-NY-New York Webopedia is on Facebook, Let's connect! Webopedia is on Facebook, are you? Let's connect! Join more than 7,000 Webopedia friends on Facebook and interact with the site's editors, post messages on the "Webopedia Wall," plus add comments on term definitions, articles, discuss technology and even suggest topics for inclusion in Webopedia. You are subscribed to an ITBusinessEdge.com newsletter as ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please click here. If you wish to be removed from all of our future emails, please click here. To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: ITBusinessEdge a property of QuinStreet, Inc. Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept. 950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor Foster City, CA 94404 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.