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A VoIP phone or IP phone uses voice over IP technologies for placing and transmitting telephone calls over an IP network, such as the Internet. [1] This is in contrast to a standard phone which uses the traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN).
In 1998, the firm entered the circuit-switched desktop phone business with a line of SoundPoint phones. In the third quarter of 2001, it entered the IP desktop phone business with the SoundPoint IP product line, starting with the SoundPoint IP500. Polycom VoIP phones use the open standard SIP to work with different call control platforms.
Phone calls between subscribers of the same provider are usually free when flat-fee service is not available. [12] A VoIP phone is necessary to connect to a VoIP service provider. This can be implemented in several ways: Dedicated VoIP phones connect directly to the IP network using technologies such as wired Ethernet or Wi-Fi. These are ...
Perceived lack of interoperability: Not all systems can readily interconnect; for example, ISDN and IP systems require a gateway. Popular software solutions cannot easily connect to hardware systems. Some systems use different standards, features, and qualities which can require additional configuration when connecting to dissimilar systems.
Specifying a channel as invite-only; Defining user groups for a channel; Setting the rights a user has in respect of a given channel (custom, or via usergroups) Defining a user as being able to invite themselves into a channel manually at any time; Inviting yourself to a channel you have "self invite" access on (+i flag set in ChanServ)
VoIP is usually implemented as a cost-saving measure over POTS (Plain old telephone systems). The same holds true now for VoIP recording. Most recording vendors are able to record the various standards of VoIP such as G.711, G.729a/b and G.723 and software-only solutions as compared to the intensive hardware and software associated with legacy PBX recording.
IP shuffling is the ability to set up a call path between two IP endpoints by rerouting the voice channel away from the usual TDM bus connection and creating a direct IP-to-IP connection. IP shuffling saves resources like TDM bus time slots and media channels and improve voice quality by eliminating unnecessary codec conversions.
Each B-channel carries data, voice, and other services. The D-channel carries control and signaling information. Larger connections are possible using PRI pairing. A dual T1-PRI could have 24 + 23 = 47 B-channels and 1 D-channel (often called "47B + D"), but more commonly has 46 B-channels and 2 D-channels thus providing a backup signaling channel.