VoIP for the Layman

Benefits

Traditionally, a phone conversation is converted into electronic signals that traverse an elaborate network of switches, in a dedicated circuit that lasts the duration of the call. In Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), a conversation is converted to packets of data that travel over the Internet or private networks (like emails or Web pages) where voice packets get priority status. The packets get re-assembled and converted to sound on the other end of the call.

Installing VoIP in the office, only a single cable is required to the desk for both telephone and data eliminating separate telephone wiring. VoIP uses "soft" switching which eliminates most of the legacy PBX equipment, reducing the cost of installing a communications infra-structure and the maintenance cost once installed.

The VoIP PBX technology is software-based. It is easier to expand, upgrade and maintain than its traditional telephony counterparts.

VoIP can compress more voice calls into available bandwidth than legacy telephony. VoIP efficiency can offer substantial cost savings for a company with multiple locations being charged distance times bandwidth for communication links.

VoIP makes long-distance calls less expensive be removing some of the access charges required for use of the public telephone network. In addition, the user’s physical location is irrelevant since 3c can provide multiple area codes in different cities that can all ring to the same phone.

As a Partner with CommPartners, our network features world-class engineering and a Super-POP architecture which minimizes use of the public Internet and places your VoIP calls just one hop away from most major Internet backbone carriers. The Super-POPs, located in Las Vegas, Chicago, Atlanta, and New York, are interconnected with high-capacity fiber links, creating a redundant VoIP Backbone that provides absolute best-case performance and economics for the movement of VoIP calls across the United States. Moreover, our architecture and network strategy virtually eliminates packet loss, jitter, and latency across the continent and to the PSTN, translating into higher quality calls (and more satisfied customers).