Changing the Line
For years, local phone service was provided by one company, your local phone provider. Today this is no longer true and the new competition can mean great rates for you. In the second installment of the series on saving on phone service, I will examine one VoIP phone service, Vonage.
VoIP phone service works basically the same as traditional phone service except calls are routed over your high speed internet connection instead of dedicated phone lines. This saves the VoIP provider substantial money and in most cases these savings are passed on to the consumer.
For most users with a high speed internet connection, I recommend Vonage. With this service, you simply connect a router to your high speed internet connection and your existing telephones. Once this connection is made, there is no difference in usage. Vonage is even able to transfer your existing number in most cases. The only difference you will notice is price. For $25 a month, you will get unlimited domestic calling and almost every available phone feature.
If you don’t already subscribe to high speed internet, it may not be worth the added cost to add the high speed internet as well. Also, VoIP phone service does not work well over satellite connections, so I would not recommend it for satellite internet subscribers.
Next Monday, saving with VoIP for users without high speed internet.