How Voice Over Internet Protocol Works!

Existing phone systems are driven by a very reliable but somewhat inefficient method for connecting calls called circuit switching.

Circuit switching is a very basic concept when a call is made between two parties, the connection is maintained for the duration of the call. Because you're connecting two points in both directions, the connection is called a circuit. This is the foundation of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).

Talk for 10 minutes using PSTN during this time, the circuit is continuously open between the two phones. Your voice is digitized, and your voice along with thousands of others can be combined onto a single fiber optic cable for much of the journey (there's still a dedicated piece of copper wire going into your house, though).

A packet-switched phone network is the alternative to circuit switching packet switching opens a brief connection -- just long enough to send a small chunk of data, called a packet, from one system to another.Packet switching is very efficient the network route the packets along the least congested and cheapest lines.

How Does It Work?

Clicktel sends all incoming and outgoing calls over a high speed Internet connection (instead of the traditional public telephone networks) through a Broadband Phone Adapter. There are no extra numbers to dial, no special instructions to follow and no talking through your computer. Just pick up your phone, listen for the dial tone and dial any regular phone number. Incoming calls ring your phone the same as any traditional phone.

With Clicktel you make and receive calls as you always have, but we route them more efficiently than PSTN to save you money. Your calling experience will be identical to what you have always had, but your phone bill for local and long distance calling will be a lot less. And there's NO EXTRA CHARGE for popular features like voicemail, caller ID with name, call waiting, three-way calling, follow me/find me and more.