{"id":226313,"date":"2017-01-11T09:47:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T14:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/?p=226313"},"modified":"2017-01-11T09:47:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T14:47:26","slug":"voipisms-what-an-ata-is-and-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/voipisms-what-an-ata-is-and-does\/","title":{"rendered":"VoIPisms! What An ATA Is And Does"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is a VoIP ATA &amp; How does a VoIP ATA Work?  |  VoIPisms: Episode 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yagkqHpkY2w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Acronyms are everywhere these days. Especially on social media with acronyms like BRB (be right back), LOL (laugh out loud), and DM (direct message). Acronyms can even pop up in the business world with clever terms like MTD (month to date), ETA (estimated time of arrival) and OOO (out of office).<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the VoIP world, you will see acronyms like DID (direct inward dialing), FXO (foreign exchange office), FXS (foreign exchange station) and more telecommunications terms.<\/p>\n<p>But, knowing what\u00a0VoIP terms stand for and knowing how they can help\u00a0businesses and residential customers can be\u00a0two different things! Luckily, we speak VoIP!\u00a0In our new series, <em><strong>VoIPisms<\/strong> <\/em>we are going to be demystifying common VoIP\u00a0acronyms and terms from A to Z! First up we explore what an ATA is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>ATA\u00a0&#8211; Analog Telephone Adapter<\/h2>\n<p>It sounds pretty simple, right? But what does it do? An ATA, or analog telephone adapter, is a device that\u2019s used to connect your old analog telephones or fax machines to a VoIP network. If you are looking to start using VoIP but you\u2019re not comfortable getting rid of your old analog phones yet, this is the device that you\u2019re going to want to start looking into. These devices are pretty small and compact. Small enough to fit in your pocket!<\/p>\n<p>A good example of how small ATA\u2019s can get would be the Grandstream HT802. The <a href=\"\/grandstream-ht802-adapter\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'Grandstream HT802');\">Grandstream HT802 <\/a>is an advanced 2-port ATA that is packed into an award winning stylish\u00a0compact design. Grandstream&#8217;s HT802 has market leading VoIP features and functionalities that are suitable for residential and business deployment. \u00a0You can <a href=\"\/voip-adapter-guide\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'watch VoIP Supply unbox the new Grandstream HT802 here');\">watch VoIP Supply unbox the new Grandstream HT802 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"\/grandstream-ht802-adapter\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'image1');\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226383\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/01\/GrandstreamHT802ATA.png\" alt=\"Grandstream HT802 ATA\" width=\"2068\" height=\"1561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/01\/GrandstreamHT802ATA.png 2068w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/01\/GrandstreamHT802ATA-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/01\/GrandstreamHT802ATA-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2017\/01\/GrandstreamHT802ATA-1024x773.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2068px) 100vw, 2068px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for more information on how ATA\u2019s actually work, you can <a href=\"\/voip-adapter-guide\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'download our buyers guide');\">download our free Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/a>! You can <a href=\"\/grandstream-ht802-adapter\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'purchase Grandstreams HT802');\">purchase Grandstream&#8217;s HT802 ATA here<\/a>. If you have more questions about ATA&#8217;s, VoIP products or services feel free to give the VoIP Supply experts a call at (800) 398-8647, or visit <a href=\"\/\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'voipsupply.com');\">voipsupply.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acronyms are everywhere these days. Especially on social media with acronyms like BRB (be right back), LOL (laugh out loud), and DM (direct message). Acronyms can even pop up in the business world with clever terms like MTD (month to date), ETA (estimated time of arrival) and OOO (out of office). When it comes to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6693,1220,1219,1225],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basic-voip-how-tos","category-business-voip","category-voip-education","category-voip-hardware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226313"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226443,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226313\/revisions\/226443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}