help me differenitiate between internet telephone and voice chat?

Question

And what are the basic accessories reqired for the both..

And how secure are they

Answer 1

for voice chat you only require a headset [or a microphone and a pair of speakers]

for the internet telephone, besides the deadset, you also need monney, as in the internet telephone you call from your computer a fixed / mobile phone. i do not think that this service is for free.

Answer 2

usually when you're talking about internet telephone u're talking about VOIP ... that means u can use your computer to call a normal phone number in any country you want, even if the other party does not even know what a computer is.
voice chat usually means a communication between 2 computer users, using specific softwares. the connection is based on the ip of each user and in order to be able to chat each user must have a computer and some basic computer knoledge.

for internet telephone and voice chat you need:
1) microphone
2) speakers (or headphones)
3) resonable internet connection

Answer 3

Internet telephone or usually called Voice over Internet Protocol, also called VoIP (pronounced "vee-oh-eye-pee" [1] or "voyp"), IP Telephony, Internet telephony, Broadband telephony, Broadband Phone and Voice over Broadband is the routing of voice conversations over the Internet or through any other IP-based network.

Protocols used to carry voice signals over the IP network are commonly referred to as Voice over IP or VoIP protocols. They may be viewed as commercial realizations of the experimental Network Voice Protocol (1973) invented for the ARPANET.

Voice over IP traffic can be deployed on any IP network, including those lacking a connection to the rest of the Internet, for instance on a local area network.



Voice chat is a modern form of communication used on the Internet. The means of communicating with voice chat is through any of the messengers, mainly Yahoo!, AOL or MSN Messenger. Voice chat has led to a significant increase in distant communications where two people from opposite ends of the world can talk almost free of cost.

Rocket Messenger and AOL were among the first to offer voice chat facilities. They were followed by Paltalk which became a quick hit. Later Yahoo! Messenger became the most dominant voice chat service as it provided unique features. These included individual voice chat with another person, as well as voice chat facilities categorized in Yahoo! Rooms.

Many video games with online multiplayer allow players to communicate via voice chatting. In 2001, Sony released the Network adapter for their PlayStation 2 video game console, which allowed voice chatting with a headset. In 2002, Microsoft launched the Xbox Live service, which supports voice chatting through a headset bundled with the Xbox 360 premium package and the official starter kit. In 2005, Nintendo launched the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, an online multiplayer service for both the Nintendo DS and the upcoming Wii. In March 2006, Metroid Prime: Hunters was released, making it the first game to allow voice chatting through the Nintendo DS's microphone.

Answer 4

Internet phone is usually done with, well, a phone. In all other ways, its like regular phone service, but the call is going over a (broadband) computer connection. Chatting is just typing, or, done with a microphone and headphones. Usually for free.