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Cost is the primary driving force behind VoIP's popularity. VoIP service is not subject to the taxes and fees that come with regular phone service, according to another website. In addition, long-distance charges are reduced or eliminated because information can travel any distance free over the Internet. However, money is not the only reason that consumers and businesses are making the switch to VoIP. The new generation of phone service offers features and functional advantages that are luring more and more people away from traditional phone service.
Relocating a VoIP phone line is much easier, and cheaper, than moving a traditional phone line. In addition, the phone number associated with a VoIP line can move anywhere where there is a broadband connection, and can be assigned any area code regardless of geography.
Value-added features such as call waiting, voice mail, caller ID, call blocking, and online access to voice mail and call records typically are much cheaper with a VoIP line than a traditional one. The cost-savings of using VoIP are making the new type of telephony popular, even though there are still wrinkles to be ironed out. For example, sound quality can be a problem with VoIP calling. Another issue, mostly now resolved, is emergency 911 dialing; since VoIP lines are not tied to a particular geographic location, emergency services may not be able to determine where a 911 call originated.
Remember that VoIP requires routers and other devices that need electricity to operate. Battery power can be used during short outages, but daylong losses of power are still a problem. Despite its problems, VoIP service has emerged as the next generation of telephony in the U.S. and around the world. Outside the U.S., one example of a place where VoIP is taking off is Taiwan.
Additionally, several Taiwanese consumers have switched to VoIP because of cost savings; they now can place calls to the U.S. for about NT$0.32 per minute, a significant savings over Chunghwa Telecom's rate of between NT$1.5 and NT$5.6. Kao said that leading telecommunications operators British Telecom and NTT of Japan are aggressively promoting their VoIP services in an effort to transition completely to Internet-based telephony by 2010. Some Taiwanese fixed-line operators are launching their own VoIP services in order to stay competitive. For example, Taiwan Fixed Network recently launched Packet Phone, which is a service, aimed at those who frequently make land-to-mobile calls.
