I’m pretty sure you have heard of this before, or not, or you did but not knowing it’s called VoIP. Using your Internet connection to call somebody over the W.W.W. true your computer or any other portable that supports a Internet connection. This growing Voice Over Internet Protocol (a.k.a. VoIP) has taken the business world by storm! Why? Because it’s Fast, Easy, Direct and most of all…FREE.

If you use a program that supports Credits. Then you are even able to call PHONES. One of those programs is called Skype.

Skype is a software program that allows users to make calls over the Internet to other Skype users free of charge and to landlines and cell phones for a fee. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer, short message service, video conferencing and the ability to circumvent firewalls.

It was created by the Swedish and Danish entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis and a team of software developers: Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinn based in Tallinn, Estonia. Skype experienced rapid growth in both popular usage and software development since the launch, of both its free and its paid services. Skype really pushed the VoIP system to a total new way of communicating through the Internet.

But don’t be mistaken. VoIP is growing higher as the programs are starting to evolve. Programs like: Ventrilo which you are able to host your very own server. Andrew a friend of mine and co-hoster of Tech2do is using Ventrilo and he made a small video about it. You can view the video here.

Team speak is also a VoIP program and I think even MSN has a Video conferencing feature. But I think that VoIP is the new way of communicating trough the Internet. More and More people are switching from typing to VoIP because it can be saver!! Think about those perverts who are pretending to be a hot girl trough MSN or trough any other Instant messaging programs. And later on it turns out she’s a 67 Year old pervert man.

And I noticed that a lot of Radio stations, and live streamers are using this VoIP technology for the shows like Andrew’s Tech Show, Chris pirillo, Bwana to name a few.

Anyways I just wanted to talk about this great piece of Tech that’s changing the W.W.W.

But what do you think? Are you using some kind of VoIP program? Do you VoIP at all? Feel free to post your comment.

I’ll VoIP you later!

Ayerthon Sadikrama

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