There are two distinct categories of Smart
voip users - consumers and businesses. The requirements of the two
groups are vastly different. Personal use of smart voip can take many
forms and reflects the underlying flexibility of the Internet. Depending on
one's requirements, there are various ways to set up and use a smart voip network in
one's home.
If you have a smartphone, the most direct way
to use smart voip at
home is a service that allows you to connect to external telephone numbers and
provides you with one of your own. This is a replacement for the traditional
PSTN phone system. Skype is just one example of a product that people mainly
use to talk to existing contacts. Their phone offerings are less well known. If
you visit the app store for your operating system - be it iOS or Android - you
will find a large number of robust smart
voip applications that provide this functionality. TruPhone is
another popular product.
Another way to use Smart voip is to restrict
it only for calling a close circle of friends. This technique allows you to
make calls to a certain number of people for free as long as they're using the
same product. Viber is one such popular example that makes use of the contacts
in your existing phone book. If any of those individuals installed fiber on
their own smart phone, the facility to make a direct and free Internet call to
them will become available. This kind of limited smart voip interaction
restricted only to known users is gaining in popularity as it is a hassle free
way to keep up with each other.
Finally, if you truly desire the closest
replacement to the traditional PSTN phone system, you can go for a standardized
SIP service from a smart voip provider. This last option will allow you to use
your Smart
voip number with any number of internet-enabled devices regardless of
platform and also allows you to make free calls to any other SIP user on the
planet as long as you have their SIP address. This makes your Smart
voip service future proof and links you up to a large number of SIP
users worldwide. It's just like email. The more people who use it, the better
it becomes.
In the long run, the SIP smart voip standard needs
to become the dominant way of using smart
voip - only then will be be able to break the monopoly of the PSTN
phone system and truly democratize communications for everyone.
