VoIP works...what are you waiting for?

A recent article at TechWorld outlined some of the results from surveys taken at the Business VoIP exhibition in London last month. The bottom line is that most businesses who have deployed it have found it works well and cuts costs. The biggest obstacle for those considering the switch is the voice quality - yet as those who have made it can attest, it is good and becoming great!

Although this reflects sentiment in the business world, the home and small office world is learning the same thing. VoIP works well and saves money. We have 3 installations - 2 on cable modems pumping out about 4mbps and one on our UK DSL line running at 512Kbps. Even in the UK, we have excellent quality, although we notice an occasional gurgle when someone does a big page refresh while on a voice call. (Fortunately, BT are in the process of a nationwide speed upgrade, and we will be moving up to 1Mbps soon.)

So the conclusion is - try it...you will like it!