| VoIP internet telephony has been a usable | | | | good as if it were made over a traditional telephone |
| communication technology for many years now, but it | | | | line. |
| is only recently that it has become a mainstream | | | | Although Voice over IP technology still has a few |
| communication tool for both residential and business | | | | quirks to be worked out, it is a constantly improving |
| users. | | | | technology. It is already significantly better value than |
| This is largely because of the huge recent | | | | normal telephone lines, and a higher and higher |
| improvements of the technology used by VoIP | | | | percentage of users are realizing that all the time, |
| providers. A few years ago, making a call over an IP | | | | allowing the whole industry to flourish and grow. |
| network would result in fuzzy voice quality, and end up | | | | Of course, with technological standards constantly |
| being an awkward and difficult way to communicate. | | | | evolving, new types of VoIP networks are emerging |
| In the past couple of years, however, faster internet | | | | that don't use wires at all. Wireless VoIP phones |
| connections, and better technological specifications | | | | operate on special digital networks, and can be a lot |
| have made it possible for a VoIP call to sound just as | | | | cheaper to use than normal cell phones. |