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eu-bullet.gif1. What is VoIP?
eu-bullet.gif2. How does a VoIP call work?
eu-bullet.gif3. What are VoIP call protocols?
eu-bullet.gif4. What is H323?
eu-bullet.gif5. What is SIP?
eu-bullet.gif6. VoIP versus IP Telephony
eu-bullet.gif7. What are the key components of a VoIP network?
eu-bullet.gif8. What devices do we need to place a VoIP call?
eu-bullet.gif9. What are IP Phones?
eu-bullet.gif10. What is a VoIP Gateway?
eu-bullet.gif11. What is an ATA?
eu-bullet.gif12. What is a VoIP gateway? How about a gatekeeper?
eu-bullet.gif13. What is a SIP Proxy?
eu-bullet.gif14. What is a SIP trunk?
eu-bullet.gif15. What is a SIP URI?
eu-bullet.gif16. What is a CODEC?
eu-bullet.gif17. The benefits of using VoIP?
eu-bullet.gif18. How do I set up a simple VoIP network on an existing LAN?
eu-bullet.gif19. What is a DDI?
eu-bullet.gif20. What are PBXs?
eu-bullet.gif22. What is an IP PBX?
eu-bullet.gif23. What does an ITSP do?
21. What functions does a PBX perform?
A PBX has the following common functions embedded which are:
  • Auto Attendant 
  • Automatic call distributor 
  • Automated directory services (where callers can be routed to a given employee by keying or speaking the letters of the employee's name) 
  • Automatic ring back
  • Call accounting 
  • Call forwarding on absence 
  • Call forwarding on busy 
  • Call park 
  • Call pick-up 
  • Call transfer 
  • Call waiting 
  • Camp-on 
  • Conference call 
  • Custom greetings 
  • Customized Abbreviated Dialling (Speed Dialling) 
  • Direct Inward Dialling 
  • Direct Inward System Access (DISA) (the ability to access internal features from an outside telephone line) 
  • Do Not Disturb (DND) 
  • Follow-me 
  • Music on hold 
  • Night service 
  • Shared message boxes (where a department can have a shared voicemail box) 
  • Voice mail 
  • Voice paging (PA system)