What Is A VoIP Gateway?
By Laura Rupert
The meshing of old analog telephone connections and VoIP (www.tech-faq.com/voip.shtml) service means that there has to be something that sort of brings the two together so that customers don’t have to spend a lot of money to get the new devices needed for VoIP service. A VoIP gateway acts as a bridge between the old and the new, allowing customers to use their same phone lines, their same phones, but still enjoy the benefits of modern technology. A VoIP gateway is essentially responsible for connecting your VoIP network to your public telephone network so that you can keep using features on your old telephone but also use the VoIP network.
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What Is A VoIP Router?
By Laura Rupert
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP - http://www.tech-faq.com/voip.shtml) is a new way to talk on your phone through your broadband internet connection. A VoIP router is needed to help you use the same phone you have been using before your VoIP connection. If you have voice over internet protocol available to you, you’ll need a router to sort of make it all happen. It’s a small device that will take a little time to get used to, but once you’ve used it just a couple times you’ll be able to use the whole system without a second thought.
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What Is VoIP Security?
By Laura Rupert
Security is an obvious concern when it comes to any sort of technology, but even more so with any technology that is run through the Internet. Because VoIP (www.tech-faq.com/voip.shtml) runs through the Internet any information can be intercepted by anyone at any time. Because many things go through phone line, private information can wind up in the hands of the wrong person. Obviously, nothing is a one hundred percent guarantee because as fast as technology is made to keep information from getting in the wrong hands, the wrong hands are working to figure out how to break through those systems. Luckily, VoIP security is becoming more and more well rounded all the time and soon it’ll be so well done that even the best of the best won’t be back to get their hands on personal information.
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