Internet Phone Services Simplified (VoIP)

Internet Phone Services Simplified gives you the most basic need-to-know information and then teaches you how to get the most out of your VoIP phone services:

• Understand how broadband VoIP, Internet VoIP, and VoIP Chat services work
• Learn about and compare different services, their advantages, and their limitations
• Subscribe to a service, install equipment, and troubleshoot issues that might arise
• Integrate services into your home, including reusing your existing house telephone wiring and phone handsets
• Extend VoIP throughout your home by using multiline, extendable cordless phone systems
• Take advantage of VoIP features, including virtual phone numbers and listening to voicemail using your computer while traveling

Internet phone services offer great advantages over existing telephone systems, allowing you to save money and make and receive calls using high-speed and broadband services. To help you take advantage of all that the Internet has to offer, Internet Phone Services Simplified provides you with an illustrated guide to understanding, selecting, and setting up voice over IP (VoIP) phone services.

Internet Phone Services Simplified isn’t overly technical—you’ll get just what you need so that VoIP doesn’t seem like a mystery and so that you can make good choices about Internet phone services.

• Provides a full-color illustrated and simple approach to learning about VoIP
• Follow step-by-step instructions for selecting and installing VoIP at home
• Explore new Internet telephony features and services 

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This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press®, the only authorized publisher for Cisco Systems®.

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Table of Contents

Part I                   Internet Telephony Fundamentals  

Chapter 1           Traditional Phone Systems  

                    In the Beginning  

                    Rise of the Machines  

                    Ma Bell  

                    Breaking Up the Happy Family  

                    Mobile Telephone System  

                    Internet  

                    Consolidate, Merge, and Acquire  

                    Important Things to Know About the PSTN  

Chapter 2           Voice over IP (VoIP)  

                    Circuit Switching and Packet Switching  

                                            How VoIP Works  

                                            VoIP Signaling  

                                            How VoIP Carries a Conversation  

                                            VoIP Features  

                    Power in VoIP Networks  

                    Putting It All Together  

Chapter 3           Advantages of Broadband Phone Services  

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