VoIP

VoIP

VoIP uses your dial-up or broadband connection to make free calls over the internet. The acronym VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol and is the technology for transmitting voice conversations via the internet & it's what's under Skype's bonnet if you will.

VoIP has been called a few different things in its colorful past such as internet telephony, peer-to-peer, P2P, IP telephony, broadband telephony, voice over broadband and many, many other names. At Skype we much prefer using the simpler term free calls over the internet than the geeky VoIP.

The really cool thing about VoIP is that it allows you to make free Skype-to-Skype calls and unlike some other VoIP providers Skype has no monthly fee to make free calls. Yep, if both you and your friend have downloaded Skype you can call each other for free and talk for as long as you like. The same principle will work for business VoIP users, so not only could colleagues talk to each for nothing; they can also receive calls with an online number.