You may already know that you can make free phone calls to anywhere in the world using your high-speed Internet service or Broadband. This has been made possible by VOIP or Voice over Internet Protocol. However, you may not fully understand how it works. Read along to find out the simple way this technology works.

When we talk about traditional phone calls, we think of the open method where the information streams from the caller to the recipient. The streaming can be slow in many cases. Older telephone lines were even worse and any change in the weather could wreak havoc to the connectivity. I have had the experience of using such a telephone, so I know what I am talking about.

With the VOIP you have software that needs high-speed Internet. From 1 GB to 3 GB or even higher, the connectivity is 100 times faster than the regular Internet connection. The computer’s processing power also increases because of the high-speed.

The VOIP breaks and splits your voice into several smaller pieces that are converted into small packets of data. This data is streamed into the line and then reassembled at the recipient’s end. For video conferences or phone conferences, the same thing happens. Now, think of the speed of the streaming of the data and the reassembling. If your Internet connection is slow, the streaming will also be slow; the reassembling will take some time causing a broken connection or disruptions in the calls.

With traditional means, communication was possible only between two people. With VOIP, many people can talk to each other at the same time. This can be possible only with the availability of high-speed Internet. This is the part which makes phone calling through Internet so much cheaper than the traditional methods of communication.

Hope this article makes it simpler for you to understand how the VOIP technology works.