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Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) and engin
Voice over internet protocol is a way to slash your phone bill by using your internet connection to make your phone calls. You must have a broadband internet connection to do this as ordinary dial up connections will be too slow. engin is Australia's leading broadband phone company.
This article will explain broadband, VOIP, engin and how to get started yourself with saving on your phone bill.
What is Broadband?
Broadband is a general term for different types of high-speed, high-bandwidth connections to the Internet, including DSL and cable. Broadband channels can carry voice, video, and data simultaneously.
Not all high speed Internet connections use broadband. Some high speed Internet connections are actually dial up services, which do not provide you with suitable speed for good quality Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). If you are getting speeds of 90K or better, you are likely to have a broadband connection.
Due to the high speed transmission rates associated with broadband, as opposed to the conventional copper telephone lines, engin insists that a broadband Internet connection be used in conjunction with all engin products to ensure high audio quality of your calls.
What is Voice Over Internet Protocol?
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is the new and innovative way to make and receive phone calls. It involves the transmission of ordinary telephone calls over the Internet. In other words, VoIP can send voice over the Internet, rather than through the regular telephone network.
engin offers you VoIP as a low cost alternative for all your telephone needs. As an engin customer, you can make calls with any touch-tone telephone and receive calls from any type of phone on any service. If the person you are calling also has an engin number, those calls will be completely free from any engin charges.
What is engin?
engin is the leading Australian broadband telephone company that has committed itself to providing new VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology.
Traditionally, VoIP technology has only been used by large corporations that can afford to invest in this cost saving technology. engin now brings this same technology directly to the consumer household.
engin allows any broadband user to make and receive calls using their existing telephone at a very low price.
The service is simple to use and comes with a wide range of included features allowing the user to actively control their own calls.
engin is an Australian communications carrier who provides new and innovative broadband telephony services.
How does engin Work?
engin is the exciting new way to make cheap phone calls!
engin offers a unique experience to the phone user by providing a variety of included features, giving you a greater ability to control where, when and from whom you receive calls.
Using SIP technology (session initiation protocol) with an engin Voice Box, your calls are directed through the Internet rather than the plain old telephone system. The engin Voice Box can be attached to an analog, cordless or DECT telephone, allowing you to make and receive calls as you normally would.
Using engin, you can start saving money when you make calls to other engin customers, landlines, mobiles and international destinations.
Getting Started
engin has 4 easy steps to getting started
- Order your engin voice box
- Plug your voice box into your modem router
- Plug your home phone into your voice box
- Call our friendly customer service to have your engin service activated
It is that simple.
Current engin rates
engin rates within Australia are currently (November 2005):
- Free to other engin services
- 10c untimed, anytime, anywhere to fixed phone lines
- 29c per minute to mobiles
- 3.5c per minute to UK, USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Germany and New Zealand. Calls to other international destinations are available on the engin website.
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