Thursday, November 15, 2007

VoIP Phones : Drawbacks You Need To Be Aware Of

Being one of the best ways to cut cost on international calling,
Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is gradually becoming very popular
all over the world. As using VoIP phones lets you avail the facility of
International calling at price what you pay for local charges, it helps
you saving a lot of monthly bill each month. For many like businessmen
having their business abroad, MNCs, etc. VoIP solution is a boon.
Despite several of advantages you avail through VoIP, there are some
drawbacks attached with it. And knowing it can help you to use the VoIP
service with greater ease.



The biggest drawback coming in the way of VoIP solution is its
dependency on the the Internet connection. Suppose you have your
connection down due to some reasons, you will probably fail to make
calls. With dial up connection, you can make local calls, but if the
broadband connection is down, you can't make calls to any international
location. Thus, any disorder in your Internet connection may keep you
off making calls. Even speed and quality of your Internet connection
are important factors enabling you smooth calling through VoIP phones. If your connection has got poor quality or speed, you may not be able to make any call.



The another important shortcoming of VoIP solution is its reliance upon
power supply. Usually, a PSTN phone will keep working even the power
goes off. Contrary to it, VoIP phones stops working if the power is
off. This way, you may suffer some loses if your making calls are very
important. Moreover, as the entire process of VoIP solution is attached
to Internet, it may be infected by Internet viruses. Besides, Internet
hacking is also one of the severe problems threatening the entire
process of VoIP. While you are using this service, it is important that
you consider such issues. It may help you being better prepared to meet
with some shortcomings gifted by VoIP.





About the author:
Draven John
is a renowned business writer who has years of experience in writing
technical reviews, product descriptions and product feature analysis of
technical gadgets and gizmos. He has won appreciation especially for
enlightening people about the latest communication gizmos...the VoIP phones

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