Boise State campus makes switch to Internet phoning. VoIP system using existing computer network costs less than conventional phone technology

Boise State University is one of several universities nationwide that is saving money by converting to a new telephone technology that uses an Internet connection instead of a land line.

The university isn’t on the cutting edge, but is still a front-runner in using Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, an industry analyst said.

BSU started switching the 4,000 analog phones in its system — the phones with land lines that most people use — to VoIP after 2000 when it realized its phone system would last only five more years.

Melissa McGrath
Idaho Statesman

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