Answer: A Ventrilo server is a voice over IP (internet protocol) application that allows users to quickly speak to each other.
Question: How do people use ventrilo?
Answer: Ventrilo is used in a number of ways. Gaming, conferencing, to simple communicate with friends, and a host of other ways. One of the most popular ways is gaming. When playing an online game with a team, it's much easier to use voice comminucation than attempting to type out what you want everyone to do. Voice comminucation in this way makes online game play a lot more competitive and fun for all.
Question: What do I need to get ventrilo?
Answer: Your group will need to download the ventrilo client from http://www.ventrilo.com/download.php and more importantly, you must have a ventrilo server that others, along with yourself, will connect to.
Question: How do I get a ventrilo server?
Answer: There are hosting providers for ventrilo on the internet like ITGWebHosting.Com where you rent your own server.
Question: What kind of money does this cost?
Answer: It's based on how many slots you need.
Question: What is a slot?
Answer: A slot is a space where a user can login to comminucate. All of the servers at ITGWebHosting start at 10 user slots, and can go all the way up to 400.
I hope this answers a few questions that I have been asked over the past few months. Please visit ITG WebHosting for more information.
