Learn the History of Web Call

Web Call is a term for placing a call while on a webpage, or using a web based VOIP network. These two types of calls are very different and have distinct advantages in each. First, to understand either, let’s give you some background on the history of the service as a whole.

The internet has given us a gigantic worldwide network to transmit and receive email, data, and host websites. This technology has grown for almost twenty years. In the last seven years, due to an over abundance of bandwidth build by carriers in the dot.com era, the use of Voice over Internet Protocol, or VOIP, has been developed to the point of a simple usable web based service. Using the internet to make calls is a reality as common as a cellphone in 2008. What most people do not know is that for over 15 years, that is how our international and domestic long distance voice has been transmitted. It was not until our internet became broadband into our homes, that we had the ability for clear calls. Since DSL connections are in over half the households in the US, this form of calling worldwide is increasingly on the rise. Now, let get back to the two types of calls you can make with WebCall.

The first, and most commonly known is the calls made from computer to computer using the internet. You need a computer with a microphone and headset to use as a phone for both parties on the call. Each needs to subscribe to a service that offers these services such as Skype, MSN or Yahoo. Lastly, all must have a broadband internet connection. This is the true VOIP call. The second form of Web Call is the ‘call to, call back’ calling platform. A caller goes to a provider, like Cellular International.com, and on the WebCall page. They will enter the phone they wish to receive a call, and the number of the party they wish to call. They hit enter and both parties are called by the system and the callers are connected to a live call. This form of calling has a big plus. You can call any two phones in the world.

Using the internet to make a call, or as we call it, WebCall, has one draw back. You have to be at your computer. Because of the high price of international calls this is a small sacrifice to most. Though, both parties at each end must have broadband internet, software to run it, and a headset to talk on. This is an investment in itself. If you do not make that many calls, why invest the money, just make a call here and there? That is the consumer possibly not thinking these issues through. That makes the second form of Web Call the first most economical step in the web based calling arena.

You may say. “Why would I pay for a call on Web Call, when other providers like Skype are free”? If you check, the calls are not free as once advertised when they first came onto the scene. And second, when calling to a phone, they charge the market rate for a call as well.

Cellular International.com WebCall is the most inexpensive way to use your computer to make worldwide calls while online. No software to download. You can use it from any computer anywhere in the world without the worry of if the computer has broadband or not. You can call any two phones in the world and be on a live call in seconds, at the lowest rates in the market. WebCall, as offered by Cellular International.com, is the easiest choice today.

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