How does an ATA VoIP system work?

How does an ATA VoIP system work?

Jim Gurol (VP of Operations, Tierzero) gives expert video advice on: What is an ATA VoIP system?; Who can I call using the ATA VoIP system?; How does an ATA VoIP system work? and more...

The ATA system works this way. So you have an analog phone. It plugs into your ATA device. And then from there it's plugging in to your Internet. So what it's doing is, it's emulating a phone system to your phone. So that way when you pick up the handset you hear a dial tone. You make the call and as you make the call the phone system ATA will make that outbound call to the service provider, and you can have a conversation with the end point. Whether that be another ATA device or a traditional phone. But the ATA will convert that signal into digital. It will go over the Internet to the service provider, which will handle that call processing.