Traditional communications

The traditional way, currently used to make VoIP calls involves having a computer with sound card, a high speed internet connection (ADLS, DSL, CABLE, T1,etc.) and finally a headset connected to the sound card which is a very simple setup; then a software application (also known as a soft phone program) is installed in the computer which will act as a bridge between the Caller, the company lending the low cost service and the person receiving the call. After a connection is established all the conversation will be sent through the internet instead of traditional phone lines. This method allow to make calls from a PC to another PC or from a Computer to a land line/cell phone, regardless of the geographical location; which is convenient to most users.
In the past the weather has played an important role in the intermingling of ideas between the islands. Suitable conditions were needed for the outrigger canoes to make the deep ocean crossings over the horizon to distant islands. Until now, modern telecommunications have not come to these remote islands.
These technologies have proved difficult and expensive to install in the outer regions. Consequently the Vanuatu government focused its systems on the main island of fate.Only random villages on the outer islands were provided with a single solar powered telephone. The President of Torba Provincial Council has to go from Sola to Gaua to make just one telephone call to the capital, Port Vila.