Voice over IP

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Voice over Internet Protocol (also called VoIP, IP Telephony, Internet telephony, and Digital Phone) is the routing of voice conversations over the Internet or any other IP-based network. The voice data flows over a general-purpose packet-switched network, instead of traditional dedicated, circuit-switched voice transmission lines.

Related Topics:
Routing - Voice - Internet - IP - Packet-switched - Circuit-switched

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Protocols used to carry voice signals over the IP network are commonly referred to as Voice over IP or VoIP protocols.

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Voice over IP traffic may be deployed on any IP network, including ones lacking a connection to the rest of the Internet, for instance on a private building-wide LAN.

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