Can I make a VoIP call using my regular phone?

Before you jump the gun and label this article as Trash or Nonsense let me tell you the answer is Yes! Thanks to Intel. Intel Corp. during the Computex 2006 Exhibition in Taipei revealed a product, which will allow you to make VoIP calls using your existing telephones.

More about the Product:

Labeled Intel 600SM, it is PCI phone adaptor which is basically a add-in card that allows phone interface. With it comes the software, called the SoftPhone agent. Once configured this phone will allow you to not only call regular landline numbers as before but also cell phones using various services, including engin (an Australian VoIP provider), Packet8, Skype or yak. This new adaptor will definitely make it easier for those who are reluctant to change over to the special phones required to make VoIP calls. Additionally it will also reduce the phone bills as well. It will also greatly enhance voice quality.

With Skype being the only real universal VoIP provider till date it seems like most people will have to depend on its service to make VoIP calls except in places where local providers exist. The downside of this is that you may not be able to make any emergency calls as Skype does not support it. It means if you want to make emergency calls you will have to have a regular phone in addition to your converted phone to make your distress calls. 

Should you buy it?

You have to ask yourself two questions then: Do I change over to a VoIP connection buying the Intel 600SM and save a few bucks on my phone bills or  Is my neighborhood generally unsafe warranting  the need for distress calls often? In there, lies the answer to whether you should go for it or not.

Written by shiama on June 7th, 2006 with comments disabled.
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