How it works
What is internet Telephony?
Internet telephony or VoIP (voice over internet protocol) is a technology that allows voice communication over internet. It is simmmilar to traditional telephony but has certain advantages:
- Delivery method: In landline telephony,signal is delivered to
customer through a telephone line, which terminates at customer's site.
The process of changing the site is a complicated procedure, moving a
telephone service is only possible to another site within the same
telephone network range, where a telephone line is available. Internet
telephony is available in any place, where internet access is
guaranteed, also abroad.
- Voice transmission: traditional telephony transmits analog voice
signal through telephone line to standard analog telephone, which means,
that it can be wiretapped quite easily. The advantage of internet
telephony in that matter is converting voice into digital form, it's
compression and authorization, which makes wiretapping such calls very
difficult.
- Hardware: Traditional analog phone can vary in shape or colour, but
basic functionality must remain the same. There are special groups of
analog telephones,such as fax machines, auto-attendant devices or
cordless phones, however all these devices still need to be connected to
a telephone line in order to work correctly. For internet telephony one
could use a PC with apropriate software installed, VoIP adapter
(gateway) which allows to use current analog telephone device or IP
telephone, connected directly to internet source. There is also software
for mobile phones, which makes calling and receiving calls possible,
whenever in range of internet access. There is plenty of solutions and
new ones are still developed. In traditional telephony last revolution
took place when the dial disc was replaced by keys and tone dialing was
introduced.
PLFON is a internet telephony service without contracts and monthly fees.
We offer high quality calls all over the world with very low rates.
You can use PLFON in many different ways:
- with internet without using computer with the following devices:
- VoIP gateway Grandstream HT-486
- VoIP phone Siemens Gigaset C450IP, C470IP, A580IP
- mobile phone with WiFi or WLAN and SIP client or installed VoIP application
- with internet using your computer – PLFON Softphone and one of the following devices:
- USB phone Yealink
- your own headset
- without internet – with your mobile or landline phone
- access number – 22 292 4000 or 52 552 0000
To start using PLFON service choose in which way you want to make low rate calls and register for free!