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VoIP – making calls via the Internet
Gigaset A580 IP / GBR / A31008-xxxx-xxxx-x-xxxx / starting.fm / 24.03.2010
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VoIP – making calls via the Internet
With VoIP (
V
oice
o
ver
I
nternet
P
rotocol), your calls are not made via a fixed connec-
tion as in the telephone network, but rather they are transmitted via the Internet in
the form of data packets.
You can take advantage of all the benefits of VoIP with your phone:
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You can make cheap calls in high voice quality with callers on the Internet, the
fixed line network or the mobile phone network.
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VoIP providers will give you personal numbers, with which you can be reached
from the Internet, the fixed line network and any mobile phone network.
To be able to use VoIP, you need the following:
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A broadband Internet connection (e.g. DSL) with flat rate (recommended) or vol-
ume-based price.
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Internet access, i.e. you need a router that will connect your phone to the Inter-
net.
You can find a list of recommended routers on the Internet at:
www.gigaset.com/customercare
From here, go to the FAQ page and select "Gigaset A580 IP". Search for "Router",
for example.
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Access the services of a VoIP provider. You can open up to six accounts with
dif-
ferent
VoIP providers.
Gigaset HDSP – Telephony with brilliant sound quality
Your Gigaset IP phone supports the Broadband codec
G.722
.
With your base station and the corresponding handset, you
can thus make calls via VoIP with brilliant sound quality (High
Definition Sound Performance).
If you register further broadband-capable handsets
(e.g. Gigaset S67H, S68H or SL37H) with your base station, internal calls between
these handsets will also be conducted via broadband.
Preconditions for broadband connections to your base station are:
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For internal calls
:
Both handsets are broadband-capable, i.e. both support the codec
G.722
.
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For external calls via VoIP:
– You make the call from a broadband-capable handset.
– You have selected codec
G.722
for outgoing calls,
.
– Your VoIP provider supports broadband connections.
– The recipient's phone supports codec G.722 and accepts the establishment
of a broadband connection.
Please note
The VoIP service
Gigaset.net
) supports broadband connections.
