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Glossary
User identification
User ID
Name/number combination for access, e.g., to your VoIP account.
V
Voice codec
See
.
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
Telephone calls are no longer placed and transmitted over the telephone
network but over the
VoIP provider
A VoIP, SIP, or
is an Internet service provider that provides
a
for Internet telephony. As the phone works with the SIP stand-
ard, your provider must support the SIP standard.
The provider routes calls from VoIP to the telephone network (analog, ISDN,
or mobile) and vice versa.
W
WAN
Wide Area Network
Wide area network that is unrestricted in terms of area (e.g.,