Using Voip with VOIP, will we still need landlines?

[nobilius 0]

Voice delivered using the IP. It is a term used in IP TELEPHONY for a set of facilities for managing the delivery of voice information using the IP. In general, this means sending voice information in digital form in discrete packets rather than in the traditional circuit-committed protocols of the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A major advantage of VoIP and Internet telephony is that it avoids the tolls charged by ordinary telephone service.so who'll still be using ordinary phones yet they cost so much???

[rvalkass 5]

I think people will be using normal phones for quite some time. VoIP is just too slow and too bad quality at the moment to get close to normal phones. Then again, technology is advancing very quickly so a few years time could see the death of the landline in countries like the US and the UK.

[mayank 2]

well VoIP is a great technology and these days the voice quality has improved a lot....I work in Technical support and the voice quality is no problem at all...it sounds like a normal telephone i.e. PSTN.I am sure that it will emerge much more and soon there will be phone which will be running on this technology and giving us much cheap rates or may be the google way..FREE

[Goosestaf 0]

i'm currently using SKYPE, those of you using VOIP probably know what i'm tlaking about.Its free to get and call other people with skype.You can call normal phone landlines, but its not cheap.and people can call your Skype from a landline (and possibly mobile) , but that service costs 30 euros a year, which isnt too bad i guess.I'm using Skype due to beign at UNI and the phone being currently broken, and the payphone downstairs in the hall doesnt exactly have privacy.i reccommend it

[atomicnacho 0]

I think that in the future more people will do what I do, and rely on their cell phone and their primary phone. After a recent move I really didn't see the point of paying for both a land line and cell plan, so I just have a cell phone. From what I've seen I think that more and more people are doing the same.

[amhso 0]

people will probably want to all change to VoIP phones, but think about it, removing all the phone lines....even if they go slowly, it'll cost so much and put the big companies out of business, our economy will screw up. and it'll take forever.

[Inspiron 0]

VoIP, Voice over Internet Protocol, is a way to tranmit voice signals through the internet without using the POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) telephone network. Because it uses the Internet to transmit voice signals, it will require a modem that is powered for 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, everyday to replace the POTS system. Unfortunately, it required additional power supply to function the VoIP system, whereas the normal fixed-lines does require. Also, in times of power-cutoffs or backouts, VoIP network will simply go down whereas the POTS will still stay alive.What about the pros of VoIP? The call rates of these new system are very much cheaper alternative as compared to POTS in terms of long run and especially making overseas calls. Making overseas calls on a POTS network will probably rate higher. However due to the internet-dependant technology, calls made to overseas will appear the same rate as calls made in local. Also, VoIP phones are now computerised and smarter, or rather a its a computer itself as it may be used to download phone numbers, profiles, ringtones, transmit multimedia messages and videos, videoconferencing etc.VoIP technology is therefore the future of the telephone systems. However, I believe POTS will still stay as a form of a drop point or backup when power source is limited during emergencies.

[alperuzi 0]

Well, if you people have noticed, what is happening is that everything is shifting towards being digitized and having an IP. So in the near future your phone, TV, gaming console will be connected to the same network and each have an IP address. From the same network all services will be delivered; internet, TV, phone.It was planned that this would happen with the fourth generation of mobile phones but I think it will still take some time

[bakry 0]

you are right itis cheap... however the quality didn't reach normal telephone quality... so people seeking voice quality will not move to VOIP.... anyway itis the future technology of voice communicatino after the expected spread of NGN networks...

[goldinero 0]

I have a friend who uses the Vonage VoIP service and swears by it. He recently moved from one town to a city 60 miles away. Normally, that would have required him to disconnect his phone at the old address and connect (with a different phone number) at the new address.With Vonage, all he did was disconnect it from his broadband modem at the old house and reconnect it to his broadband modem at the new house and his VoIP service was up and running. No disconnect or connect charges, no changing area code and phone number, no inconvenience.He plans to take his Vonage box to another country and connect it to a broadband modem there to see if it still works. That would be trick, wouldn't it?

[DogEater008 0]

would it be easier for hackers to tab into your phone more easliy now? Since it connects through the internet.

[Mithshark 0]

I find VOIP very buggy and inconvinent, We use it at my Technology school and out of 42 students, I know 1 that likes using it.But if its worked on a little longer I like the idea.

[BuffaloHelp 24]

I'm not sure if anyone answered your topic title, but current VoIP requires that you have a broadband, however you get it--DSL, Cable Modem, Satellite. Therefore, the first part of your question is yes. Some people still need the landline if they are subscribers of DSL. And since some Cable Modem and Satellite companies are asking for your home number, which a cell phone number will not help you registering for services in some areas, you still need the landline. It's catch 22.I have Vonage for testing market located in New York City with Time Warner as the broadband company. What Vonage doesn't tell you, and most other VoIP companies, is that for every Vonage VoIP unit you need 90kbs bandwidth for good quality, 60kbs for average and 45kbs for low quality. This means it's a streaming your upload bandwidth. During the off-peak hours the voice quality is awesome at 90kbs. But when the bottleneck starts to occur, the voice quality is average at best and does not connect 100% of the time. But what's good about Vonage, and other companies probably, is that two Vonage VoIP can be connected to make a call. Which means, I can have one in New York and the other in London and it won't cost me a single penny except for the monthly fee.

Edited October 9, 2005 by BuffaloHELP (see edit history)

[saga 0]

VoIP is the future.. it can offer a very good quality since it is digital... the only problem is the meduim in which the data is transfered.. if one is using simply a dial-up connection then its bad.. becuase so litle data is transfered in a moment and VoIP requires a lot... but if both is using DSL or some BROADBAND then it is quite good for them .. and if the connection speed is even greater then video will to be availble