IP conferencing is one of the ways that you can use your VOIP or voice over internet protocol services. Through the use of your internet connection, you can contact all the people that you want to have a conference with wherever they may be in the world.

However, there are some things that VOIP or voice over internet protocol cannot give you. Here are some of the limitations of VOIP or voice over internet protocol.

IP conferencing not give you a complex payment scheme that is filled with terms and conditions that you cannot understand.

Admit it. When you receive your monthly phone bill, you can never understand some of the things that you are paying for. Some of the payment schemes of both local rates and international rates do not make sense to you but you pay any way.

IP conferencing or VOIP will not give you this type of problem. The billing is simple and you can easily understand the things that you will be paying for. There are no complicated local rates and there are no international rates. All you need is to pay an annual fee or a semi annual fee depending on what you and the service provider agrees upon.

This is the most famous advantage of IP conferencing. The calls that you make internationally or locally are in very low rates (or even one low monthly flat rate) as compared to when you call using your phone or cell phone. Since you are using your internet connection, there are no hidden charges and the payment is easy.

Voice over internet protocol or VOIP will not work when there is power outage.

Remember that you conference and Voice over internet protocol or VOIP system is depended on the internet connection and your computer. With out a power source, you can not be able to make your call. That is why if you have a laptop or a back up generator you can still use them in case of emergency.

IP conferencing or VOIP will not work properly when you are using it with other applications.

Just like any other computer application, your voice over internet protocol or VOIP computer application will not work properly when you are running multiple applications at the same time. Running multiple programs at one time will eat up the memory of your CPU and will make all the applications to run at a slower speed. This means that your IP conference or VOIP phone call will have low quality. IP conferencing will then be going to have choppy lines and if applicable, chopping video.