VOIP Router: Enabling Standard Phones For Internet Use

A broadband phone service VOIP router enables standard phones to be used for voice calls over the Internet. Telephone calls made over the Internet (VOIP) maximize your broadband investment and is an extraordinarily cost-effective way to make phone calls. Most VOIP routers are manufactured to be locked to a particular service like AT&T. The VOIP router also acts like a router for your network, providing room to connect up to four computers to share a broadband Internet connection. With VOIP router functionality for access to the Internet, and firewall features to keep unwanted intruders out of the network, the VOIP router is a great all-around solution for any small business.

Without a VOIP router your phone will not be able to figure out where datagrams should go from source to destination, so information will inevitably be lost. A VOIP router will help control phone traffic, controls and maintains bandwidth, and ensures a good voice quality for each and every phone call. Basically, a VOIP router is responsible for routing all the information in and out of your home so that you can get the maximum benefits from the services you are using. With commercial services such as Vonage, it is possible to connect the VOIP router into the existing central phone box in the house and have VOIP at every phone already connected. Other services, such as Skype and PeerMe require the use of a computer, so they are limited to single point of calling.

A VOIP router (practically all of them) uses a Web interface for configuration. As such they are all pretty straightforward to configure. Think of the VOIP router with built-in phone ports as a kind of "splitter" for your Internet connection. Just connect the VOIP router to the Internet so that all the computers in your home or office can simultaneously share the Internet. The built-in standard telephone jacks on the VOIP router enables a high-quality, feature-rich telephone service through your broadband connection, even while you're surfing the Internet. With an appropriate Internet VOIP service provider, you'll enjoy much lower domestic and international phone rates, caller ID, call waiting, voicemail, call forwarding, distinctive ring, and lots of other standard phone features.