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What is IP Telephony?

The IP phone has many features and advantages over a standard analogue phone in terms of lower cost and increased functionality and mobility.

With IP telephony provided by MCW, your residents enjoy:

• A modern IP phone in every room
• Personal DDI ( direct dial number) per phone
• FREE Voice Mail
• Voice mail text alerts
• Free calls between all subscribers
• Free calls to MCW's Hot Desk customer support facility
• Free calls within the premises IP phone to IP phone
• Calls at excellent rates
• Web to mobile texting
• Credit and call history
• On line web access to top up and Pay as you go
• 12 months warranty and on-site maintenance

How does IP Telephony work?

IP telephony is a more efficient alternative to the century-old, circuit-based telephone network (called the Public Switched Telephone Network, or PSTN). With PSTN, when a call is made between two parties, the connection is maintained both ways for the entire duration of the call, creating a circuit. Since one party is listening whilst the other is talking, at least half of the connection is wasted. "Dead air" whilst neither party of talking is another waste of bandwidth.

Instead of circuit switches, IP telephony relies on packet switching - the basis of all data networks - which send and retrieve data across the connection when it's needed, rather than keeping it open all of the time. It's much more efficient than circuit-switch networks, allowing more calls to share the same line. But more importantly, since IP telephones communicate in the same way that computers do, there's no need to have a separate network dedicated just to voice calls.