Talk for free, wherever you are
Date: 10/02/2007
When living overseas, one of the most costly items can be your long-distance telephone bill as you talk to friends and family back home. This month we'll look at one low-cost solution, Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, using a PC dialer. Next month, we'll cover broadband phones.
Simply put, VoIP technology allows a computer user to talk over the Internet, using a microphone and a headset, by dialing a virtual phone that appears on the PC monitor. There are two modes of operation: PC-to-PC, that is, speaking to someone who is also on a computer; and PC-to-Phone, where you're using your computer to dial up a phone.
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