VoIP Skype Adapter Overview | Skype Home Phone

It is in fact very simple to use your regular home phone to make calls on Skype. Skype VoIP calls will feel exactly like regular phone calls and will cause your normal home phone to ring when you receive a Skype call.

This is simply done using a VoIP Skype Adapter which connects to your PC and integrates with Skype and then also connects with your home phone. Your home phone remains connected to your PC and the normal phone line at all times and will ring whenever a Skype VoIP call or a normal phone call comes in. To receive Skype VoIP calls you need to keep the VoIP Skype adapter connected to your PC at all times and leave your PC on and connected to the internet as you would do when you normally use Skype.

Also referred to as Skype gateways, Skype Adapters often come with a call waiting feature between VoIP and normal phone calls, an echo reduction feature, speed dial integration with Skype, conference calling and the ability to use your normal phone handset keypad to make Skype calls. Overall if you use Skype a lot to make and receive calls then a VoIP Skype adapter is a great solution for integrating Skype with your regular phone for ease of use.