Internet Phone Services Simplified (VoIP)
- By Jim Doherty, Neil Anderson
- Published Apr 25, 2006 Part of the Networking Technology series.
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- Copyright 2006
- Edition: 1st
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- ISBN-10: 1-58720-162-3
- ISBN-13: 978-1-58720-162-2
Internet Phone Services Simplified gives you the most basic need-to-know information and then teaches you how to get the most out of your VoIP phone services:
- Understand how broadband VoIP, Internet VoIP, and VoIP Chat services work
- Learn about and compare different services, their advantages, and their limitations
- Subscribe to a service, install equipment, and troubleshoot issues that might arise
- Integrate services into your home, including reusing your existing house telephone wiring and phone handsets
- Extend VoIP throughout your home by using multiline, extendable cordless phone systems
- Take advantage of VoIP features, including virtual phone numbers and listening to voicemail using your computer while traveling
Internet phone services offer great advantages over existing telephone systems, allowing you to save money and make and receive calls using high-speed and broadband services. To help you take advantage of all that the Internet has to offer, Internet Phone Services Simplified provides you with an illustrated guide to understanding, selecting, and setting up voice over IP (VoIP) phone services.
Internet Phone Services Simplified isn’t overly technical—you’ll get just what you need so that VoIP doesn’t seem like a mystery and so that you can make good choices about Internet phone services.
- Provides a full-color illustrated and simple approach to learning about VoIP
- Follow step-by-step instructions for selecting and installing VoIP at home
- Explore new Internet telephony features and services
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This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press®, the only authorized publisher for Cisco Systems®.
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Table of Contents
Part I Internet Telephony Fundamentals
Chapter 1 Traditional Phone Systems
In the Beginning
Rise of the Machines
Ma Bell
Breaking Up the Happy Family
Mobile Telephone System
Internet
Consolidate, Merge, and Acquire
Important Things to Know About the PSTN
Chapter 2 Voice over IP (VoIP)
Circuit Switching and Packet Switching
How VoIP Works
VoIP Signaling
How VoIP Carries a Conversation
VoIP Features
Power in VoIP Networks
Putting It All Together
Chapter 3 Advantages of Broadband Phone Services
 
Index
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