Voice over IP Plans & Services

What is Voice-over IP (VoIP) service?
VoIP, also known as Broadband phone service, uses your high-speed Internet connection to place and receive phone calls. How it works

Phone to Phone calls

Use a handheld device connected to your internet to make and receive calls.


PC to Phone calls

Connect a handset to your pc to make and receive calls using an internet connection.

Latest voice over ip news & articles

EBay admits to overpaying for Skype

EBay admits to overpaying for Skype
In an article from the Times EBay admitted that it over paid for the internet telephone company Skype. EBay spent 2.6 billion dollars in 2005 to acquire the company and it still has yet to show a profit. Even though the there are currently about 200 million Skype users, EBay execs have failed to find away to entice them to use the paid services in numbers that will improve the profitability of the company. Now that Vonage may be out the door due to the lawsuit with Verizon Skype may very...

Vonage to pay Sprint $69.5 million in damages

Vonage to pay Sprint $69.5 million in damages
For the second time in less than a year Vonage loses another patent infringement lawsuit. Vonage has been ordered to pay Sprint $69.5 million in damages plus a 5 percent royalty on future revenue for violating 6 of its patents. If both cases hold up in the appeals process Vonage will have to pay a total of $127.5 million + 10.5% royalties on future revenues. Can Vonage survive such a hit to its bottom line? They are going to have to develop alternative technologies that will allow Vonage to...

Skype

Skype currently is available for Mac OS, Linux, Windows 2000, and XP.  It will also work on Windows mobile devices.  Check back often for updates to additional operating systems that may be added to Skypes list.

Skype

When you use the free Skype software, you can connect to other Skype users so that you can talk and chat.  For more detailed behind the scenes insight, read more about their cutting edge p2p technology here.    

Skype - VoIP telephone service and so much more

Skype - VoIP telephone service and so much more
If you have any interest at all in low-cost "Internet phone service," or free Web-based voice, text, and video chatting, and haven't yet used Skype, you really should check it out.  In a few short years, Skype has grown from "one of those Web chat service things," to a formidable contender for the title of, "All in one Web-based communications giant."  Offering text, voice, and video chat, conference calls, file transfers, "SkypeCast" one-to-many voice chats, and VoIP telephony...

SunRocket’s demise, cautionary tale for VoIP users

SunRocket’s demise, cautionary tale for VoIP users
As of August 5, SunRocket, the Vienna, Virginia based VoIP company ceased operations and discontinued service to its estimated 206,000 customers. While it was at one time the second largest stand-alone VoIP company after Vonage, SunRocket could not compete with cable companies like Comcast and Time Warner that are now servicing two-thirds of all residential VoIP customers. Unfortunately, it appears that their service might not be all that some SunRocket users are losing. According to report,...

voip.com

This is not recommended because standard security systems aren't natively compatible with voip.  We strongly suggest you keep a basic landline service for use by your security system, or contact a company such as Alarm.com to upgrade your existing system. The home security industry is rapidly evolving to accommodate new technology, like voip, but until voip is fully supported, we cannot endorse the use of a home security system on a voip line. voip.com does have instructions on...

voip.com

No, you will not have to pay any additional taxes or fees with this plan!  The only time additional funds would have to be paid with this plan, is if you were to make any International calls or additional services on your plan. 

Lingo

Where Lingo offers service, they are able to move your existing telephone number in most cases.     

voip.com

First you would want to verify the number can be changed by going here. On that page, you can type in your number and can see if it is transferable. If it is, here’s how it works: Voip.com initiates the number transfer You can do all the work as you sign up. All information provided must match the information with your current provider, and you cannot cancel your old service until the number is ported. If you cancel, you will lose your number. Voip.com will then request to have the...

Packet8 Virtual Office Ranked Most Popular SMB Hosted VoIP

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT), provider of Packet8 residential, business and video Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone services, today announced that a recent report by telecom research firm AMI Partners ranked its Packet8 Virtual Office service as the #1 hosted VoIP phone system choice by U.S. based small and medium sized businesses. According to the SMB Interest Perks Up in Hosted VoIP report, compiled in April 2007, Packet8 Virtual...

Vonage will continue to operate as usual during patent dispute

Vonage will continue to operate as usual during patent dispute
HOLMDEL, N.J., April 9, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG), a leading provider of broadband telephone service, today stated that it views the Court of Appeals' granting of a temporary stay on Friday allowing Vonage to continue to add customers as the first step toward resolving this matter in Vonage's favor. The stay will remain effective while the Appellate Court considers making the stay permanent. Vonage will continue to provide...

Skype

The Hype about Skype

If you have any interest at all in low-cost "Internet phone service", or free Web-based voice, text, and video chatting,and haven't yet used Skype, you really should check it out.

In a few short years, Skype has grown from "one of those Web chat service things," to a formidable contender for thetitle of, "All in one Web-based communications giant."

Offering text, voice, and video chat, conference calls, file transfers, "SkypeCast" one-to-many voice chats, and VoIPtelephony service, Skype has become a great tool for individuals and businesses alike. Read our full Skype review

Top Voice over IP plans

Skype Free - to Members Only logo

Skype Free - to Members Only

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Monthly Fee: None
Activation Fee: None
Unlimited Yearly ($199 Year) logo

Unlimited Yearly ($199 Year)

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Monthly Fee: None
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SkypeOut $29.95 a year logo

SkypeOut $29.95 a year

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Monthly Fee: None
Activation Fee: None
SkypeIn $60 a year logo

SkypeIn $60 a year

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Monthly Fee: None
Activation Fee: None
AT&T One Rate 10 cent logo

AT&T One Rate 10 cent

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Monthly Fee: None
Activation Fee: N/A
Trinsic Home Unlimited logo

Trinsic Home Unlimited

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Monthly Fee: None
Activation Fee: None

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