The era in which we live in - the communication era - is rapidly changing, but there is one characteristic that remains the same: the continuous and fast demand for more and more technology. And voice and/or data and video applications are no exception from this rule. But more communication means more bandwidth: a difficult task for the Internet Service Providers. And voip products are just the devices that can carry these special functions.

Today, a brand new type of competition is coming to life: Voice over IP (VoIP) has become the killer application for ISP to challenge established telecom operators. This is indeed a benefit for the customers and also helps service providers to generate new revenue, new subscribers, and even gain a stronger position in the rather new market of voip.

What's In The Future For VoIP (Part 1)

Several factors will influence future developments in VoIP products and services. Currently, the most promising areas for VoIP are corporate intranets and commercial extranets. Their IP-based infrastructures enable operators to control who can-and cannot-use the network.

The answer is, as usual, "it depends." VoIP is evolutionary, not revolutionary, VoIP Technology. If you are moving into a facility where you need to completely build out your infrastructure, then installing VoIP equipment makes sense. It can be very competitive with traditional POTS switched networks. Some companies put a VoIP blade in an existing POTS switch. They feel that it gives them the best of both worlds, but I suspect that they might be hedging their bets a bit too much and not benefiting fully from either technology.>

Advantage Of VoIP

There are some other ways that you can take advantage of VoIP technology. In a "green field" installation, you have a number of attractive choices that can give you more network flexibility. One possibility is eliminating the wires entirely. There is nothing preventing you from installing VoIP over wireless 802.11x networks.

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