Packet8 VoIP

The world of telecommunications has changed enormously in the past twenty years. Technology once only dreamt of, like portable phones or paging devices, has now become a fixture in daily life. One rapidly emerging technology that is shrinking the world by reducing long distance charges is Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which uses the Internet instead of regular telephone lines to carry conversations, data, and video.

From its beginnings in the mid 1990's as a computer based communications system, VoIP has developed stand-alone hardware that is saving business and residential user’s money on both infrastructure and long distance.  A number of VoIP service providers are riding the crest of growing VoIP popularity, each of which offers great deals on local and long distance features.  One of these providers is [url=www.packet8.com]Packet8[/url], one of the leading VoIP service providers in the United States.

Packet8 VoIP is one of a number of residential VoIP services that uses a telephone adapter, which plugs into your Broadband DSL or cable Internet connection.  This adapter does not interfere with your computer in any way - in fact your computer does not even have to be on! To make outgoing calls, all you have to do is plug a telephone into this adapter and dial the number - just like a "regular" telephone line. One of the exciting features of Packet8's VoIP service is the ability to have a telephone number from anywhere in the world.  This means that if you lived in Atlanta, you could have a New York telephone number so that your friends and family in that city could call you without having to pay long distance charges.

When you do need to dial long distance numbers, Packet8 VoIP makes sure that you will save money with international long distance rates that are as low as a quarter of those charged by regular long distance companies.  Packet8 VoIP also offers several different packages, each of which includes a number of free minutes each month to call anywhere in the United States or Canada (their top packages include unlimited calls to Canada or the U.S.).

Along with these great long distance packages, Packet8 VoIP also offers a number of the features that telephone users have come to enjoy over the past few years, including call display, call waiting, and call forwarding.  Voicemail can either be accessed by phone, or checked by e-mail with any popular computer media player.  Packet8 VoIP is one of the leading VoIP providers available, helping many customers to discover the many savings available.  With providers like Packet8 VoIP taking the lead, VoIP promises not only to shrink the world, but also to change the way the world thinks of the telephone.