{"id":113,"date":"2006-12-06T18:24:54","date_gmt":"2006-12-06T22:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.voipsupply.com\/wordpress\/?p=90"},"modified":"2017-04-05T09:27:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T13:27:02","slug":"what-is-voip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/what-is-voip\/","title":{"rendered":"What is VoIP?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s go back to the basic to tell you what VoIP is. A simple explanation is: VoIP is just like your traditional analog phones but it’s making phone calls over the Internet.<\/p>\n

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What is VoIP?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

VoIP<\/a> stands for V<\/strong>oice o<\/strong>ver I<\/strong>nternet P<\/strong>rotocol.\u00a0The \u201cVoice\u201d part of Voice over Internet Protocol is self-explanatory. The Internet Protocol is where some start to get confused. An Internet Protocol (IP) is a data-oriented protocol used for communicating data across a packet-switched network (home, office, the internet). Internet Protocols (IP) allow you to transmit data any interconnected networks. Utilizing a combination of hardware, software, and voice protocols, your conversations are carried over the IP network to its intended destination.<\/p>\n

Internet Protocols (IP) allow you to transmit data any interconnected networks. Utilizing a combination of hardware, software, and voice protocols, your conversations are carried over the IP network to its intended destination.<\/p>\n

In Layman\u2019s terms:<\/strong> VoIP allows you to make phone calls over any interconnected network, mostly commonly thought of as the Internet, instead of using traditional analog PSTN (public Switched Telephone Network) lines.<\/p>\n

Watch the 3-minute video below to learn what it is all about:<\/p>\n