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One area of life that technology advancement has shown the greatest improvement is in the field of communication. The rapid improvement computer growth has brought to something as simple as communication is unbelievable. It is amazing to stop and think about the different ways people now contact each other that were not available even fifteen years ago. In the last decade, life has changed greatly because of the Internet. It has proven to be an invaluable tool for all types of communication. It can help anyone from a large business to even just a single person. It is possible for anyone to communicate around the world in an instant. This was not practical for a long time. It could take weeks or months to send a message across the oceans and to other parts of the world. This was very costly and was only available to those with plenty of resources. Times definitely have changed. Even though there is still a large population of people limited in resources, the gap is quickly closing when it comes to communication. Now people can have a conversation halfway across the globe and look at each other. The use of VoIP or voice over ip is an amazing piece of technology. If someone has a computer and the Internet he or she can now reach anyone in the world. It is a small world in the eyes of the technology age. Distance and time are not as large of factors in communication as they once were such a short time ago. It is a little more complicated than just having the Internet, but it does not take a degree in engineering to operate. Software programs are available to convert computers into phones, such as pbx phone systems. The process is easy for even someone who is not the most computer literate. A novice or the most experienced veteran on computer technology can go out and buy a softphone which will then allow him or her to make phone calls on the Internet. The software converts a general purpose computer, like most people have in their homes, into a telephone. From there, a person relies on the basic skills he or she has in using a phone. For the advanced computer user, he or she can further enhance the experience by using unified communications. This occurs by integrating all of the various communication systems into a single environment. It makes the entire process easier.

posted by: Jen on Sunday, March 16, 2008 @ 9:23 PM