Internet
Phone and DID's—Extending the Benefits
By STEFANIA VISCUSI
TMCnet Assistant Editor for Channels
Internet Telephony services.
They provide free talking capabilities, save you money on international
and long distance calling, expand your billing options and offer
communications anywhere in the world. With all of the benefits internet
phone services provide for making calls, its hard to believe it
can offer those who call you, benefits as well.
Direct Inward Dialing,
(DID) numbers serve just that purpose. With DID numbers you have
the ability to choose your own incoming number in any area code
so landline callers can call you no matter how far apart you really
are.
Internationally, this
means cost savings like never before. If you have family in Italy
for instance, you can chose an incoming number local to their calling
area in Italy and landline phone callers will then have the ability
to call you all the way in the U.S. as though it's a local call.
This capability is bridging
the gap that once existed in between local and international communications.
With internet phone services, a DID number lets old PSTN networks
around the world connect to you without incurring long distance
charges and with free internet phone services, people using the
same service can also make calls to one another—for free,
no matter how physically far apart they are.
With InPhonex's direct
incoming phone numbers, you can receive calls from fixed line numbers
or if you don't answer the incoming call on your mainline, it can
be forwarded onto your international cell. They also feature advanced
forwarding options that allow for PBX like features.
Over the years, we've
changed as a people, we've expanded, moved around, have family,
friends and contacts all over the map. As business people we travel
the world, as immigrants we leave family in other countries and
though we've physically dispersed, technologically the gaps of distance
are not effecting us. With technology and services like internet
telephony and internet calling, the gaps are closing, someone once
too far to have regular communication with, is now only a call away.
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