1. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes VoIP Personal Computer Club of Charlotte January 12, 2006 Presented by Bill Barnes

2. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes Digitize voice and send over computer network What is VoIP? V oice o ver I nternet P rotocol

3. The telephone in 2006

4. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes How do you get your phone? 1876 Technology 1986 Technology

5. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes Welcome to the 21 st Century 2004 Technology

6. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes What is VoIP? V oice o ver I nternet P rotocol Digitize voice and send over computer network May be transmitted directly between computer devices or joined to traditional telephone system (POTS)

7. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes What is VoIP not? Not necessarily “talking into your computer” Not necessarily needing special telephones Not necessarily needing a geek to set it up

8. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes Advantages New market makes for aggressive pricing Uses public infrastructure so there’s no advantage to incumbent Like the internet, location is irrelevant

9. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes Advantages Can use traditional equipment The power of the computer server offers unlimited features Customer administers account and features from computer

10. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes Disadvantages Reliability – failure points Local network and devices Local power ISP VoIP provider 911 etc

11. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes Disadvantages - quality Echo Latency “The public has embraced the shortcomings of cellular telephones. They will have no problems with the quality of VoIP.”

12. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes Where do you get it? Dedicated providers Vonage Packet8 ISPs RoadRunner AOL Earthlink Traditional telcos Verizon, BellSouth, etc

13. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes A different type of VoIP Skype

14. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes

15. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes A look at Vonage Features

16. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes A look at Vonage

17. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes A look at Vonage A walk through the web administration

18. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes Testimonials Recommendations

19. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes Installation

20. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes Installation

21. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes And now a word... Mike Murdock Area Channel Manager LecStar/ a fonix corporation

22. 1/8/06 Presented to PCCC 1/12/06. © 2006 Bill Barnes Thank You VoIP Personal Computer Club of Charlotte January 12, 2006 Presented by Bill Barnes