Spotlight | Reviews | Current Issue | Newsletter | Subscribe | Contact
Departments


price comparison with idealo.com
Price comparison for:
fast servers for your business solution, fast notebooks for long flights, software for good results, TomTom navigation systems, PC hardware, Plasma and LCD TVs, Computer Hardware and Software, MP3 Player, highend Laptops and many more. Get reviews of your favourite digital camera or  of  new dvd-players.

  linuxpromagazine.com » Issues » 2006 » 63 » CALLING THE WORLD  

Linux Tools for Voice over IP

CALLING THE WORLD

Author(s): JOE CASAD

This month we’ll show you some popular Linux tools for Internet telephony

Voice over IP (VoIP) refers to the set of technologies providing voice communications over TCP/ IP networks. Of course, the biggest TCP/ IP network is the Internet itself, and the ultimate goal of the VoIP industry has always been to find a way to use the Internet for ordinary phone calls. Early VoIP efforts faced several challenges, including quality of service issues, hardware issues, and a general lack of bandwidth. If you’ve been reading the Internet ads recently, though, you’ll have noticed that these issues have largely been addressed. Internet phone services are quickly becoming popular around the world.


Read full article as PDF »


Comments


No More Downloads!

Save the download and take Linux Magazine DVDs instead.

Each DVD contains a full distro like Ubuntu, SUSE, Mandriva, Fedora, or Debian and comes with the corresponding issue of Linux Magazine.

Don't waste time downloading Linux!

more...

 

In the US and Canada, Linux Magazine is known as Linux Pro Magazine.
Entire contents © 2008 [Linux New Media USA, LLC]
Linux New Media web sites:
North America: [Linux Pro Magazine]
UK/Worldwide: [Linux Magazine]
Germany: [Linux-Magazin] [LinuxUser] [EasyLinux] [Linux-Community] [Linux-Nachrichten] [Linux Events]
Eastern Europe: [Linux Magazine Poland] [Linux Community Poland] [Darmowe Programy Poland] [Open Source DVD Poland] [Linux Magazin Romania]
International: [Linux Magazine Brazil] [Linux Magazine Spanish]
Corporate: [Linux New Media AG]