IP Telephony: your computer ready to talk through the phone
September 28th, 2009 | Published on: Roundup
IP Telephony: your computer ready to talk through the phone
Internet is changing the way of communicating and day after day, new possibilities come out in order to communicate with other people, shorting the distances, breaking down the barriers.
Its innovating technology now enables us not only chatting with our friends but also having voice conversation with great quality. Our voice is now in the cyberspace!
This is possible thanks to the IP telephony that enable our voice to travel through the internet and be heard reaching any place of the world.
There are many the applications we can find to do so, but we only mention here the most popular software. Between them, they stand out. VoipBuster, Gizmo Project, Wengophone, WinFonie Mobile, Skype.
VoipBuster
VoipBuster is a program that uses the latest technology to bring free and high-quality voice communications to people all over the world. When you use the free VoipBuster software, you can call regular phones in various popular destinations for free or call at an incredible low rate to any other phone on the planet. You can also call all your online friends (pc-to-pc calls) as long as you like, for free.
This application offer us the possibility of creating contact list to communicate with our contacts easily and fast, also allow us to create many user profiles so that the program can be used by different users. In addition to this, we can also check the time and frequent use of the software through the history option and check the calls we make and the messages we send. The main disadvantage is that free calls only last for a minute and many users have claimed that they had problems during the call when they were suddenly disconnected.
Gizmo Project
Gizmo Project is a free program that uses advanced VoIP technology to allow you to talk with your friends around the world. Gizmo Project uses your internet connection (broadband or dial-up) to make calls to other computers. With the click of a mouse, you are connected to friends, family, and colleagues anywhere on earth. It´s just that simple. You talk clearly. For as long as you want, for free.
It also offers some interesting features such as voice mail; call record, call register, text messages. In addition to this, it supports video conferences and we can add images. We can check the broadband we are using when communicating and allow us to create user groups. It main disadvantage is the sound quality and problems when establishing connection.
Wengophone
This software allows you to make free phone calls to other Wengophone users.
You can buy credit to make phone calls to landlines or cell phones, with lower fees than the charged in regular calls. The program can be used as an Instant Messenger (like MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger or Skype) and you can communicate with other users that share the same SIP (protocol) as Gizmo and Google Talk.
It has the capability to allow video conferences using webcams, microphone and speakers. You can chat by typing into the program´s window and use emoticons. You can use Wengophone to chat with users of another Instant Messengers, set up your account to add contacts, create different profiles, change the audio and video quality and customized the interface as you want.
Its main disadvantages are: establishing the communication is not always easy and their quality might not be the best since the call can suddenly be disconnected.
WinFonie Mobile
This tool can be very useful since it allow us to transfer our contacts information from PC to the mobile phone. WinFonie Mobile extracts information from multiple data base such as Excel, Outlook, Lotus, etc. It is a very practical tool since enable you to manage landline numbers, mobile numbers, e-mail address, etc.
Between is options it stands out the possibility of previewing the elements before starting the transference. The only disadvantage this tool has is that this application only works with Nokia and Sony Ericsson phone of the K series.
Skype
Skype is the most well known and use on the planet not only to communicate between users but also between phones from different countries. This application brings you high-quality voice communications even better than the regular ones. Some of their features are: contact lists, history log, videoconference, a search engine that allow you to find people to chat or talk in any language you want, the possibility of setting up different status such as online, not available, invisible, studying, at home, etc. Features a user-friendly interface that helps us communicating with just one click.
Something that is worth mention is that is has being proved that this amazing tool does not contain spyware, do not add publicities or ads and does not interfere with the Internet connection or firewalls. Another point in favor is that it uses PayPal enable you to send money from the software. Features a free voice service, send calls to your mobile when you are not available and you can be called to your personal Internet number at local rates. Its main disadvantage is the amount of users it has that makes the system collapse from time to time.
After talking about the different options we have, we can say that the application that offers more options is easier to use, have greater amount of user and the most complete one is Skype. Despite the other software´s offer interesting features, this particular application is the best option when calling or communicating with any part of the world through our computer.
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