From the course: Learning VoIP and Unified Communications
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Making a call using VoIP
From the course: Learning VoIP and Unified Communications
Making a call using VoIP
- [Instructor] Have you ever wondered what happens when you pick up the phone to make a call? What happens depends. If you use a traditional landline, you'll use the public switch telephone network. If you use a cell phone, you'll use a cell tower. However, most likely, you are using voiceover IP, or VoIP. VoIP is changing the way we communicate. Voiceover IP or IP telephony uses the existing internet and network to transfer and route voice traffic and IP packets. In many cases, it's part of a unified communication system. VoIP has been in use for over 20 years. However, in the last 10 years, we've seen astonishing growth in voiceover IP. The voiceover IP market is rapidly expanding all over the world in terms of subscribers, growth and traffic. Consumers and businesses are cutting the cord as more and more traffic uses VoIP than the traditional public switch telephone network. Studies show that 60% of the households…
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