Triple Play

Triple play is a concept that refers to the combination of voice, high speed data, and television services over an IP network. This is a term commonly used by many broadband service providers to describe the sending and receiving of real-time data, voice and video traffic over a single IP network.

One example is VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). This is a digital telephone service that utilises a combination of private backbones and the public internet, as opposed to the traditional telephone network. They are telephone calls that use the internet to completely bypass the traditional phone system, and are relatively cost effective. Calls within the country are charged at a fixed fee and international calls are typically charged at a low per minute rate. VoIP packages commonly consist of features such as voice mail, caller ID, call forwarding softphone options. Softphones are software based phones that entails a computer to receive and make calls. VoIP requires a broadband internet connection and a typical home phone plugged into an analogue telephone adapter.

VoIP is a term widely used for the actual service offered. IP telephony refers to the technology behind it. It is the term used to describe all real-time applications such as voice over instant messaging and videoconferencing over an internet protocol.

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References:
Paul Zucker. “VoIP Superguide” NETT#: Take Your Business Further Online, April 2008 1 (04): 76-82