The first and the most important requirement of making the online calls is the broadband internet connection. Through VOIP telephony everyone can make calls to any destination. Through VOIP, there are many ways to make a call such as PC-to-PC, PC-to-Phone and phone-to-phone. PC users have long been able to make the calls through the instant messengers. But this method has some drawbacks as the person at the destination may not be present all the time.
You had to wait for the person to come online and attend your call. Now the things have been changed and you can make a long distance phone call by placing an adapter between your broadband modem or router and your computer. In the following section, you will learn that how to make the phone call from your PC.
Requirements
The online calls can be made between the two persons who have the compatible software, broadband internet connection and the microphone and speaker at both ends.
You need the following hardware and software to make the call.
- Microphone
- Speaker
- Full duplex sound card
- Soft phone or internet telephony program
Steps
- Connect to internet through the broadband internet connections such as DSL or Cable net.
- Make sure that the sound card in your system is full duplex and it is working fine.
- Get speakers and microphone if you don’t have already.
- Buy or download soft phone or internet telephony software such as Skype, netmeeting etc and make sure that is compatible with the software of the person you want to call.
- Make arrangements that the remote person and you must be online at the same time.
- Follow the instruction of your online telephony software to make a call. Usually it involves selecting the name of the person from the list to whom you want to call. The person must be online at the time of making the call.
Alternatively, many internet telephony companies provide you the dial pad or soft phone and you have to purchase the credits from them. You can download the dial pad from their websites. With that dial pads you can make long distance cheap calls to any number in the world.
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