VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol is not actually a new technology and has been around for a while now, but with the development of newer features, IP telephony has become part of the standard requirements for running small and large scale enterprises in the US.
According to market studies by telecommunication companies in 2010, VoIP telephone systems have been receiving steady growth across several industries most especially during the last half of year 2010. The continuous run of new, easy-to-use products keeps businesses interested and maintains stable flow of subscribers even with newly established small businesses. The premise of lowered costs is, of course, the main hook of IP telephone systems as compared to traditional means of communication like landline units. Higher productivity among small scale businesses have been quite visible with subscribers even though initial costs for installing telephone systems is relatively a bit pricey.
Today, VoIP providers offer the complete package of installing phone lines, Internet access, and Voice and Data Cabling. Since IP telephony can only work with a steady Internet connection, providers in the Tampa Bay area have gone to the extent of providing all the pre-requisites of this telephone system.
The main promise of having a VoIP phone system is the advantage of making calls (local or long distance) using your computer. This technology unites voice calls that are usually made using mobile phones and landline, and your computer. Applications like Skype, Gmail Talk, and Yahoo Messenger belong to a single category of protocols under IP solutions. This means this is just one type of VoIP supported feature.
The other types of IP Telephony protocols are (1)H.323 and (2)SIP or Session Initiation Protocol. SIP stores the VoIP customers' IP address in their own package (ex: Apple's iChat) while both Gnome Meeting and Microsoft NetMeeting use the H.323 protocol.
Small businesses have taken advantage of the benefits that come with integrating VoIP phone systems with their business strategies. SIP trunking is one of the most recommended systems for small enterprises. Network building will definitely become easier, with the capacity to cover wider scopes using IP phone system features like conference calls and data transfers.
The only issues that are currently raised by providers and subscriber is the lack of security in terms of being more assured that no one will be able to hack into one's account. Since protocols like SIP still has a few bugs with certain browser firewalls, security issues will have to addressed by the VoIP providers you decide to go with. The only warning to subscribers is that IP phone systems are more prone to hacking, especially with the new bugs that are being disseminated over the Internet on a daily basis
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