Voip Systems A Trend For Savings

Voip Systems A Trend For Savings

The other day I had to phone a friend in Singapore so I phoned his VoIP number. The call did not connect because ny friend had his PC off and his voip phone adaptor was also off.

I tried his mobile and finally got through to him.

I asked my friend why his phone adaptor was off and he said "old habits die hard". He said that in Singapore the habit is to use the Mobile phone even though it is more expensive.

When I reminded my friend that this call is costing me heaps (I was calling International) he sighed and said he had forgotten that I would be paying for the call.

He said he would switch on his voip telephone adaptor ( I am sure you know the one your home/office plugs into) and I could call back in a few minutes saving me heaps.

With the Worlds economies in tatters leaving most of us with little or no disposable income its great to see that there is a way to minimise an expense that is classed as one of the necessities in life ie. communication with the outside World. But like my friend said "Old habits die hard".

It is just a mindset really but a mindset that should check with reality from time to time. Look at the proliferation of Texting messages and the use of mobile phones as a "normal phone" for conversations, long and short. We think nothing of it to pick up the phone and use it to call others, until the bill comes. Look at what we pay each month on bills for the Mobile phone, the Internet, the home phone line, the calls we make and the total cost would surprise most of us. Can we afford to carry this on in an economic downturn that is seeing many of us out of work and with little spare cash?

Its a no brainer when you think about it.

The Communication Revolution is well under way but we must continue the fight for sometime yet to make sure that voip is so common that all calls basically will be either free or very low cost (and without the hidden charges so prevalent with Mobiles and Landlines).

Surveys consistently tell us that the most essential tool for anyone in business is the Laptop. If this is so then this should be the centre of our office. Increasingly we are moving to a mobile office where we are able to work outside the office (even in a restaurant or park).

The Laptop can be used as a telephone and the calls can be free or very low cost simply by joining a voip company (eg. voip worldwide) and using voip for all of the calls.

Many Hotels now have a public wireless system that can be accessed from the Lobby or in some cases from the rooms. Some city councils around the World are installing wireless systems around their city in the beleif that it will help to cut business (and personal) costs and improve communications benefiting the community. This is very forward thinking and will in time be everywhere. Great stuff, practically a World without borders. Pick up the phone while you munch on a Mc.Donalds burger and call your friend in some far away country and pay almost nothing for the call or have it free as though you are calling your friend who is just down the road from you. Who would have thought even 5 years ago that this was a possibilty. What surprises will the next 10 years bring us?

Smartphones and iPhones now have a voip feature that only requires you to register with a voip company.

This is perhaps the most promising area of growth for voip as more increasingly we are becoming a mobile World. These phones also bring us television, our local sports results, the weather, local restaurants, local emergency information, the internet and a host of other amazing features.

Another area of growth is the use of the Voip telephone adaptor that allows you to plug in your normal phone and use as a voip phone or a "normal" phone just by pressing a couple of buttons on the phone itself. Saves a fortune off your home or business telecom account and you can also phone your friends or business colleagues totally free of any cost.

Keep up the trend and use voip for all of your calls and save your money for other things.