....VoIP Phone Advantages & Drawbacks....

Written by Michael Lemm


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Flexibility

When you choose a VoIP phone service provider, you will be sent a converter to allow a regular phone to userepparttar VoIP phone service. Your phone number is programmed intorepparttar 133345 converter. This means that you can take your phone converter and phone number and use them wherever you travel inrepparttar 133346 world, just as long as you have access to a high-speed Internet connection. Because your telephone number is based in your converter (and not your home/office), you haverepparttar 133347 option of choosing any area code for your phone number. Some carriers will allow you to have more than 1 phone number in different area codes for a small additional fee (called a virtual phone number). For example, you can have one number in your local area code and another phone number with an area code from another city. By having a virtual phone number in another city where you have a lot of friends and family, you will be saving them money because they can call you on a local number instead of paying for long distance charges to contact you. Both phone numbers will ring your VoIP phone wherever you have your converter and regular phone hooked up to a high speed internet connection.

Draw Backs

Connectivity issues with 911 service is still a concern with some providers. Although much progress is being made rapidly in this area acrossrepparttar 133348 board......it's best to find a provider already enabling E911 service.

Despite what urban legends you may "hear" about using a VoIP phone with dial-up internet access....this is still a myth. If you want a quality credible VoIP experience you will need to have high speed internet access (DSL, cable, or satellite).

Your VoIP phone is portable & can be taken with you anywhere inrepparttar 133349 world. However, it's not quite as unassuming & convenient as many ofrepparttar 133350 newer small cell phones. But then.....cell phone calls home from Europe would be a lot more expensive too.

Hopefullyrepparttar 133351 above info gives you a little knowledge to go on if you are considering a VoIP phone. Just remember to shop & compare and you'll do fine.



Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications http://ld.net/mscprez and http://DS3-Bandwidth.com .......delivering choices to both residential and business consumers for voice and data broadband services. Michael also authors BroadBand Nation http://BroadBand-Nation.blogspot.com where you're always welcome to to drop in and catch up on the latest BroadBand news, tips, and ramblings for the masses.


What is RFID and how will it help me?

Written by Vince OHare


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This has many benefits as there can no longer be items that "fall offrepparttar truck" as they say which will help keep cost down. It also keeps less employees onrepparttar 133344 payroll which is a bad thing since items will be within a few clicks ofrepparttar 133345 mouse to their location.

You may even have heard about people having their medical history placed on a RFID chip and having that chip inbedded in their arm so they will always have their medical history. That is some advanced stuff asrepparttar 133346 hospital will need a RFID reader to fetchrepparttar 133347 records.

The is also talk of RFID being used in cell phones. If your boss gives you a new cell phone be weary of it because he might have done it to track you.

You have seenrepparttar 133348 commercials for ONSTAR where they dispatch help to your car in an emergency. How do they know where you are hmmmm. Like I said there are many things that RFID can and will be used for.

This article can be reprinted and republished as long as it has a hyperlink to www.a1-rfid.com

Vince Ohare is a Free Lance writer featured on over 1000 technolgy websites. You can see more of his articles on A1-RFID.com


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