Can VoIP Be Ported?

VoIP, better known as Voice over Internet Protocol, is the process of sending voice transmission over the Internet or a network. The most common method of using VoIP is through the use of "soft" phones, or computer programs that simulate an actual phone; but this method of VoIP has its limits. Using software as a phone restricts the user to only call from one location (the computer). This is not desirable to people who want to be able to use their normal home phones around the house to make calls.

Thankfully, porting your VoIP can be a very good option. Porting a VoIP is simply the process of connecting the Voice over Internet Protocol to normal telephones. There are three options when porting a VoIP. Currently the most common method of porting is using a VoIP adapter. The adapter simply converts the digital VoIP signal into an analog signal used to transmit normal telephone calls. Ordinary phones can then be connected to the adapter and used as if the signal was coming from the telephone company. The second option is to purchase a VoIP-ready phone. Unlike adapters, VoIP phones do not need to be hooked up to a computer. They only need to be hooked up to an Internet connection. Finally, a person could use a WiFi connection and a special phone called an SIP WiFi phone. The phone is then able to pick up the wireless signal sent out by the WiFi connection, allowing the VoIP phone to not only be free from the wall but also to be used anywhere there is an open wireless connection.

While this can be cheap in the long term, security is an issue with VoIP. Eavesdropping and disabling a VoIP user's phone line is possible by skilled hackers. However, the problem of spoofing (the act of someone making it appear as if someone else is calling other than the actual caller) is more widespread. Used by con artists, telemarketers, criminals and the technologically savvy, spoofing software has made it increasingly easy to change the name that appears on caller ID.

The best way to protect yourself from spoofing is to use a reverse phone lookup service. Now you can find out the name and address of almost any phone number, making phone spoofer worries a thing of the past.

Can VoIP Be Ported?
By Susan Mona

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