VoIP For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

By Anonymous

Put your phone system on your computer network and see the savings

See how to get started with VoIP, how it works, and why it saves you money

VoIP is techspeak for "voice over Internet protocol," but it could spell "saving big bucks" for your business! Here's where to get the scoop in plain English. Find out how VoIP can save you money, how voice communication travels online, and how to choose the best way to integrate your phone system with your network at home or at the office.

Discover how to:

Use VoIP for your business or home phone service Choose the best network type Set up VoIP on a wireless network Understand transports and services Demonstrate VoIP's advantages to management

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764588435
• ISBN13: 9780764588433
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A book on general VoIP

This book is a non-technical book on VoIP that explains to the reader what VoIP is and why companies and individuals can benefit from it. It talks about cost saving using VoIP. In my opinion there are 2 benefits from VoIP: cost saving and (extra data-voice) features. The author could have written a bit more about (extra possible convergence) features. If you want a technical book for implementing VoIP, there are others more...

Good Introductory Book

The basic technology of the conventional telephone system has been around since the very beginning. You make a call and you get a dedicated communications channel to the instrument at the other end. And in the beginning that was indeed a physical wire. This wiring circuit was physically switched to your phone and stayed there until you hung up. Later Bell Labs was set up to discover how to get more signals through a wire than...

Nice read to explore VoIP for organizations...

Businesses and organizations have the potential of saving large numbers of dollars if they move to running their phone system with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). But to pull it off, you really do need to have an understanding of how it all fits. VoIP For Dummies by Timothy V. Kelly does a nice job of getting you there. Contents: Part 1 - VoIP Basics: Getting Down to Business with VoIP; VoIP: Not Your Father's Telephone...