In February 1996, the Clinton Administration signed into law the Telecom Act of 1996. This act was the culmination of several years of trying to deregulate and provide a competitive marketplace in the telecommunications arena. This law, when enacted, opened the door to an open communications infrastructure. Essentially, what the administration put into play was the beginnings of the concept of the information superhighway. (more…)

VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol and it is connected to other technologies that let all IP networks be utilised for certain voice applications; some of these include teleconferencing, telephony and voice instant messaging. VoIP provides a fantastic solution to just about all of the layers that make up an IP network; from those specialised voice applications like Skype right down to those low quality measures that are there to ensure the applications are running as they should be. (more…)