VOIP (Voice over IP)

Anders TrankalisBUS2302Assignment #5Darin McCraeJuly, 2013

Why I chose to do VOIP Explain the concept Different ways used in homes & businesses Which service is best to use? The problems with VOIP My prediction for VOIP

Introduction

History Acronym for Voice over

Internet Protocol Created originally in 1974 Commercial use 2004 A lot of companies picked up VOIP

Concept

Audio Codec

Concept

Used to encode to data stream Used to decode to data stream VOIP supports many different codecs

ConceptVideo Codec Made for people to have conference calls Example H.264

Home Usage

Home UsageApple Face Time App

Tablets

Business Usage

Video Conferencing

Reduce travel costs Save money Can consolidate business calls to cell phones Improve customer relationships

Business Usage

Best To Use

or

Best To Use

Telemarketers!

Analog vs Can use when power

is out More privacy Less energy

consumption

VOIP Cheaper More choices Easier to set up

Best To Use

Best To Use

Do Your Research!

What are you looking for? What is available in your area? Can your internet handle it?

Best To Use

Problems

Quality of calls Line Echo

Problems

Need internet access No 911 service

Problems

Prediction

Subscribers120,000,000

125,000,000

130,000,000

135,000,000

140,000,000

145,000,000

Q2 2011Q3 2011Q4 2011Q1 2012Q2 2012

More positives then negatives Affordable Offered by a lot of companies Can continue to develop new technology The future is here

ConclusionConclusion

Questions?

Any Questions or Comments?