VoIP Explained
How VoIP works
VoIP PABX is simply "Voice", or a normal phone call, going over the internet instead of traditional Telstra phone lines.
Normal phone calls travel across copper wire (PSTN) or digital (ISDN) phone lines that have been laid out all over Australia by Telstra. When you make a call your voice travels across these wires to your destination.
VoIP phone calls are different because you don't need cables - you just need an internet connection.
How is this possible?
When you send an email to a friend the content is broken down by your computer and sent in 1000's of little bits and pieces, like an email jigsaw. When your friend opens up your email, their computer reassembles the data jigsaw so your friend can actually read it. This is how data is sent across the internet.
Now VoIP is exactly the same. Your computer, or the phone system, breaks your voice up into these bits of data and treats them the same as your emails.
This is why anywhere you can get your email you can get a VoIP phone call.
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