would it be easier for hackers to tab into your phone more easliy now? Since it connects through the internet.

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I find VOIP very buggy and inconvinent, We use it at my Technology school and out of 42 students, I know 1 that likes using it.
But if its worked on a little longer I like the idea.

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I'm not sure if anyone answered your topic title, but current VoIP requires that you have a broadband, however you get it--DSL, Cable Modem, Satellite. Therefore, the first part of your question is yes. Some people still need the landline if they are subscribers of DSL. And since some Cable Modem and Satellite companies are asking for your home number, which a cell phone number will not help you registering for services in some areas, you still need the landline. It's catch 22.

I have Vonage for testing market located in New York City with Time Warner as the broadband company. What Vonage doesn't tell you, and most other VoIP companies, is that for every Vonage VoIP unit you need 90kbs bandwidth for good quality, 60kbs for average and 45kbs for low quality. This means it's a streaming your upload bandwidth. During the off-peak hours the voice quality is awesome at 90kbs. But when the bottleneck starts to occur, the voice quality is average at best and does not connect 100% of the time.

But what's good about Vonage, and other companies probably, is that two Vonage VoIP can be connected to make a call. Which means, I can have one in New York and the other in London and it won't cost me a single penny except for the monthly fee.

 

 

 

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VoIP is the future.. it can offer a very good quality since it is digital... the only problem is the meduim in which the data is transfered.. if one is using simply a dial-up connection then its bad.. becuase so litle data is transfered in a moment and VoIP requires a lot... but if both is using DSL or some BROADBAND then it is quite good for them .. and if the connection speed is even greater then video will to be availble

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