Information about Internet Telephony!

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What is Internet telephony?

• A category of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as the transmission medium for telephone calls. For users who have free, or fixed-price Internet access, Internet telephony software essentially provides free telephone calls anywhere in the world. (source: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/Internet_telephony.html)

How does it work?

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