Voip Comparison
Voip vs. land phones, how about cell phones?
A couple of years ago, I worked for a Voip company as a Tech Support. People were saying that in the very near future, all will be going to Voip mode/ style. This is because 1) much bugs about Voip will be worked out, and 2) this is much cheaper in making phone calls. Are we there yet, or has cell phones taken over?
Public Comments
- VOIP is better when u calling up overseas. otherwise...
- Cell phones are gaining acceptance as the ONLY phone for some people. Wireless companies are producing more innovative pricing plans that eliminate or reduce the penalty for yakking for hours on your phone. Having said that, VOIP is gaining ground as well. VOIP is offered by newer providers like Vonage, but AT&T also has a VOIP product that works quite well and is cheaper than traditional phone service. (CallVantage). VOIP as an enterprise communications vehicle in large and small companies is getting pretty attractive. Consider that when you pay for a phone line, you are paying for a 7x24.365 facility that just sits there until someone calls you or you decide to call out for a pizza or something. With VOIP, you get 'convergence' which, in part, means that by combining services on a single circuit, you get better use out of that circuit, so you waste less money. And the days of chronic drop-outs, mangled speech, and dropped calls aren't over, but the end is in sight, if you use a quality provider. Also note that newer products combine VOIP and traditional cell phone technology. T-Mobile offers a wi-fi enabled phone that is also a cell phone, so you can talk over VOIP at home and at Starbucks etc (anywhere there is a wifi hot spot) and when you can't hit a wifi hot spot, you use cellular minutes. Quite innovative. And eliminates most of the reasons you would have a wireline phone if you have wifi at home. And, while products like the iPhone combine wifi and EDGE cellular data (but not VOIP......yet), companies like TerreStar networks are envisioning IP cellular networks hybridized with satellite communications for truly blanketed coverage with a DATA network that carries voice. So, bugs are being (and have been) worked out of VOIP. It can be much cheaper and more flexible than wireline telephony, and even cellular (because of lower cost). So I think we are there. You can choose products that best meet your needs. I have an iPhone and like it, but I really think the T-mobile VOIP/cellular phone is a great idea. you could have wifi at home, and use the same phone for your home phone and your cellular phone, without using any paid minutes when you use the phone at home..... Lots of choices, more in the future!! Hope this helps Steve
- cellular is still too expensive compared to landline, or cellular for MOST people to use it as there only communication device.. many people are not going to wait until nights or weekends so that they can make calls.. cellular is going to become an extention of VoIP, more work is being done right now in wireless data then voice, which the next progression of that is "cellular" VoIP devices, which bring the cost of mobile telephones to an equal playing field as VoIP. when this happens, then we will see a larger percentage of people going all mobile... there are some all mobile people now, but its still not economical yet to see huge numbers of people defecting from a home phone.. plus people are used to having a home phone, either landline or VoIP... the problem with this though is that I see the demand for home automation and security increasing around the same time that many people move to an all mobile communication set up, and will probably end up wanting to keep a home line to communicate with there home automation devices..
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