How VOIP Has Helped Change Web Hosting
There is really no stopping VOIP (voice over internet
protocol) and internet telephony in general. This technology
has rapidly and relentlessly spread its' tentacles right
across the net within a very short period of time and now
stands as a clear threat to the old established phone companies
around the world and the world of communications and telecommunications
as we knew it. In the process VOIP has helped change web
hosting in many ways.
Mostly it has placed demands on web hosting that were previously
just not there. VOIP requires a stable and extremely reliable
link and excellent service from a web host to be able to
work efficiently. The fact that the corporate world has
quickly embraced VOIP, saving colossal fortunes in phone
company bills and associated costs has meant that only the
better web hosting enterprises have benefited from the windfall.
With non-VOIP web hosting it is extremely easy to get away
with shoddy and unreliable service. But with VOIP, and especially
where most corporate companies require communications lines
to be left open all the time, shoddy or poor quality web
hosting enterprises are usually quickly identified and abandoned.
This is a far cry from the early days of web hosting where
many web host servers were situated in cellars somewhere
and school dorms. They were mostly run by hobbyists as an
extremely profitable part-time enterprise that virtually
required very little attention that could occasionally be
given during their spare time.
They mostly got away with this level of service because
the Internet was still relatively new in those days. Besides
with the lack of awareness in those days most people hardly
cared, let alone fully understood the impact web hosting
has on any ecommerce or online venture. Not being able to
get through to a website was really not such a big deal.
We have indeed come a long way because these days' webmasters
spend fortunes in cash and time to attract traffic and usually
get very upset when their hard won traffic cannot access
their site for any reason. It means that they are losing
money and at the same time damaging their reputations and
public image.
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