Software For Communicating Effectivly (P5,D1)

We were tasked to find out about ways of communication with things like VOIP.as well as different types of communication with others on the web.

VOIP (voice over internet protocol) is a piece of software used to be able to use our phones and make calls over the internet rather than using your phone with a phone company this also works by plugging things like microphone and headphones to be able to communicate. an example of this type of software is Skype which gives you voice chat and video chat. some reasons companies want to use VOIP is that it is easier to manage and communicate to colleges and employees and also to lower the cost of the phone bills since it is mostly free to use VOIP.

Advantages

• You can save money on your phone bill
• You can use an existing phone connection
• Calls are free no matter the distance
• Calls can be made any where as long as you have a broadband connection

Disadvantages

• Can't be used without power or internet connection
• When using there may be times of silence while the data is being unscrambled
• With emergency calls it is harder to locate you than on a phone
• Microphones may be needed 

3 different types of software for communicating effectively

Skype-Skype is a brand name that uses VOIP to let people to communicate to people using the internet they also let you use video chats however this only uses part of VOIP but for this you will need a webcam for the video part since VOIP only lets you broadcast your voice not an image this is quite cheep to use like if you are a subscriber to something like Skype to use and cost nothing no matter the distance.

Advantages

• Cheep if you are a subscriber
• Call across the world

Disadvantages

• Internet needed
• Need headphones and microphones to use and webcam for video chats

Email-Emailing people is a way of talking to people that doesn't need a instant response unlike instant messaging this is free but you will need to make a account with one of the brands that provide the service like Hotmail, Gmail and yahoo.

Advantages

• Able to massage many people at once
• No limit to how long the message needs to be

Disadvantages

• Messages can be misinterpreted by people
• Can be used to spread viruses

Instant messaging-this is a type of chatting where it is most like having a conversation with some one since it is instant an example of this is the chat function on Facebook to be able to use this It is free but it requires you to mostly make an account on something like Facebook or Google+.

Advantages

• Send and receive messages in real time like a real conversation
• It is free to use however you may need to make an account like Facebook

Disadvantages

• People can make an account with the same name as some ones else and impersonate them
• Can make people anti-social if they using instant messaging while they are with someone it person and ignoring them