Broadband products

VOIP Products

All you need to get started is the following:

Some free phone or messaging software
A microphone
Headphones or speakers or integrated headset

When it comes to choosing which software to use, you need to consider whom you plan to call, since most VoIP software is proprietary. Check with your contacts who already use VoIP and see what they're using. If you plan to use VoIP to call people who use different software, you'll to install more than one program!

Examples of VoIP software are MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, SkyPe and ICQ, all of which are free downloads and beginner-friendly.

There are a range of devices to make VoIP a richer experience such as VoIP handsets and handset adapters which replace the microphone/headphones set-up with a more familiar telephone handset.

An IP phone is a telephone handset that can be attached to your ADSL router which allows you to make calls without the computer on. You can also use a conventional phone for this purpose with manufacturers also producing phones that can be used for VoIP calls as well as conventional calls via a landline

Hardware guide

Top Services

	AOL is a leading UK broadband provider offering interactive services to more than 2.3 million customers.
	BT Home Broadband is the UK's largest telecom company and currently offers speeds up to 8Mb and services such as TV over broadband and video on demand
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	Bulldog broadband offers speeds of between 8Mb and 16Mb