VoIP

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Voice over internet protocol is a new wave of connecting through your telephones. Instead of using hard lines or the telephone poles you see on the street, VoIP connects through the internet breaking down your voice into code and then resembling it before it gets to the person being called. This seems like a great new idea and great way to use technology to better something we already have and it is. But everything that comes out for the first time that sounds good will have some flaws. VoIP also has some great features offered in their plans.

__Worries__ VoIP sounds like a great idea but it needs some better security protection. Because its use the internet to put out a call hackers can find the call signal and listen to you calls. You could be talking about bank information or give out important information like Social security number or the address to your house or your child's school. This is just an example of what could happen if your being monitored. Hackers can also play kind of pranks by calling you and when you answer there's nothing there. They can also keep calling you as soon as you hang up. Eventually you would just get fed up and disconnect the phone. This kind of stuff is easier to do then you would think. For a better understanding of what they can do and how easy it is for them (VoIP threats) There is also a threat to much larger users of VoIP like large businesses and corporations. If your phone system is hacked and goes down every single phone goes down because their all linked to the same internet Connection.

__Features__ VoIP can preform certain tasks that are more difficult for other phone companies. For example long distance is much easier to do because it just goes straight through. In Canada Vonage who is a VoIP provider they have plans from $19.99 which gives you 500 minutes to anywhere in Canada, U.S., and Puerto Rico. Their premium is $39.99 and have unlimited calling anywhere in the world. They say they have no hidden fees and their customer service was rated number one by customers.

I think VoIP is a great new vision that will definitely be used by more people around the world. At this point in time i don't think that it will be as big as the providers hope it will be due to the the security issues. Its a good idea for large corporations to have this technology but they wont risk loosing everything because they could loose out on important business. I think its a great i dea just not in this point and time.