The European connection: How VoIP can link you to loved ones across the Atlantic.

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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 Time: 11:41 PM
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Europe has always been a problem for people looking to make long distance calls across the Atlantic.
Whether it is the increasing costs of using your landline to get in touch with people abroad, or the impracticalities of doing so with a traditional phone.

There is then a demand for a better, more cost effective method of making calls across the world to compete against the traditional methods.

One of the options available is VoIP, a low cost and effective means of making calls no matter how far away the person is.

Voice over Internet Protocol does exactly what the name suggests, voice going over the internet.
VoIP utilises the internet to make the calls that you would normally make through a wired phone connection by packaging the signals from a normal phone call into a digital signal.

The digital signal is then sent across the internet to the destination before it is unpacked as a typical phone call.
This requires no new hardware for the receiver and they can pick it up just like a normal phone call on a typical handset.

There is no need for new hardware on the sender's side either as all you really need for your VoIP connection is a modem or router alongside a PC or Wi-Fi phone or you will be on your way.

All that is left to do then is to sign up with a service provider and you can be making VoIP calls very quickly.
If making calls across the Atlantic is important to you then you can reflect this in the type of package that you go with when you are finalising the finer details of your package with your provider.

You can make selections on the countries that you wish to talk to in your package, which can include countries from Europe to the Far East all in the same package if your needs suffice.
All these countries can be selected when deciding on your final package with the service provider, and with some providers the calls that you make can even be unlimited!

This means that you will never have to worry about speaking for too long to your relatives, or if you are in an important business call.
You will never go over your limit and you can enjoy your calls from start to finish.
You will not have to worry about missing that all important call either, with many of the services including caller ID, voicemail that can be accessed via your email and caller forwarding all being available with the packages that you go with.

If you are thinking of getting a VoIP service, the best thing to do is to look online for advice on how you can set it up as well as look at some of the packages available right now.
If you want to take it further, then getting in touch with your service provider is the next best bet, where you can verify any final details on your service and how you can benefit from getting a VoIP service.

About the Author

Costas Kariolis - Online Marketing Manager of Vonage UK. Vonage are leading VoIP (Voice over IP) providers for home & small business users. Offering business VoIP for making calls to landlines and mobiles via an internet phone service for a set monthly fee.
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Costas Kariolis
Senior Director Online, UK & Canada
E-mail: theteam@vonage.com