How to Use VoIP for Calling Long Distance

VoIP stands for voice over internet protocol, a method of turning analogue audio signals, what you hear when talking on a phone, into digital data that can be transmitted over the internet. Learning how to use VoIP will change the way you think about making long distance calls. It is a revolutionary technology that has all the makings of completely reworking and replacing traditional phone systems.

The usefulness of learning how to use VoIP is that it can turn a broadband internet connection in a way to make free long distance calls. By using VoIP software you are actually bypassing telecom companies that charge you on per call basis. VoIP calls mean that you pay nothing apart from what you are already paying for a broadband internet connection.

The simplest and the most common way how to make VoIP calls is to get an analogue telephone adaptor (ATA) for connecting a normal telephone with your computer. The adaptor is basically a converter that converts analogue audio signal into digital data.

The other way how to make VoIP calls is to use an internet phone known as an IP phone, which can be connected directly to your router. IP phones come equipped with the necessary hardware and software for making VoIP calls. Wi-Fi IP phones can be used for connecting with Wi-Fi routers.

However, the easiest way how to use VoIP to make free long distance phone calls is to make computer-to-computer calls. All that is needed is software (available free), microphone and speakers and a sound card to make calls over the internet. The person you are calling must be using the same software and connected to the internet at the time of the call.