Voice over IP First-Step

Introduction

Ever since Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, telephony systems have been a part of our life. More recently, with the advent of the Internet, much of our day-to-day communication (for example, e-mail) crosses an IP network (for example, the Internet). Today, these two worlds are merging, and companies can place phone calls over their existing data network infrastructures using a technology called Voice over IP (VoIP).

The topic of VoIP attracts people of diverse backgrounds, from the private branch exchange (PBX) technician, to the network engineer, to the home user wanting to reduce his or her monthly phone bill. This book gets all readers on the same page by reviewing legacy telephony systems, and then it proceeds ...