Cheap Voip Calls
Mention VoIP and the first thing that comes to mind is cheap voip calls. Although VoIP is more than just free or cheap calling, the cost savings afforded by VoIP is perhaps the main reason it has become so *hot* today.
Yet, may business owners think “All these VoIP cost savings must mean that it’s of poor quality”…
They couldn’t be further from the truth. Cheap VoIP calls has nothing to do with being of inferior quality or unreliable service. Instead, Voip cost savings is because of the nature of Internet telephony itself.
There are two “legs” to any phone call. One leg is on your side, where the call originates, and the other is on the receiver’s side, where the call is connected.
On a regular phone service you need to pay company A for allowing you to use their telecommunications network. You also need to pay company B (another state or country maybe) for their end of the communications line.
So in effect, you are paying two people for one phone call.
Since you are making a call via the Internet, you are charged very little (or none at all) for your side of the call.
If the person you’re also calling is using a similar device, your call could be free. This is also true for PC-to-PC VoIP calls. If the person you’re calling is using a regular phone line, or a mobile phone, then you have to pay for that, but still you get cheap VoIP calls.
Either way, VoIP cost savings is made possible because you only pay for the last mile, or leg B of the call. So it’s not about poor quality. It’s about the basic technology of VoIP.
Don’t I Have to Pay for the Internet?
Well, yes and no. What you’re actually paying your ISP is for the access to the Internet. You’re paying for their service which allows you to get connected to the Internet.
The Internet itself belongs to no one, and therefore, it’s free!
That’s why you can make cheap VoIP calls or even free VoIP calls when you are on PC-to-PC mode, since the call is made and received on the Internet.
This is the number one reason why VoIP cost savings is a significant benefit for your small business or home based business. Home based business owners, especially those involved in global marketing or telemarketing, would REALLY benefit from this!
