Help understanding VoIP systems

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by gthomas

What programs have you used that you would recommend?

Hi,

The whole VOIP thing is interesting, as many phone companies hate it. It's taken away a lot of their long-distance-call profits...

I know that both Skype www.skype.com and Viber www.viber.com can be used with smartphones, as well as with computers, tablet devices, etc.

To save money on the phone call if you're using a smartphone, the smartphone has to be within an internet wi-fi access area at the time you're using it...

Making Skype-to-Skype and Viber-to-Viber calls are free. I know you can pay a relatively small amount to use Skype to make phone calls to regular phones. (That might be the same with Viber - I'm not sure, as I haven't actually used Viber yet, but I know people who do.)

I use Skype regularly to make long-distance and international calls.

Best wishes,

Dien