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VoIP (Voice
over Internet Protocol)
VoIP
Providers and Popular Calling Plans
by Jeff Cohen
VoIP
is gaining popularity all across America. VoIP is the technology
that carries audio across the Internet. You may already be
familiar with Vonage. There are many more VoIP providers
and services available beside Vonage though. Prices vary
and selected features vary from provider to provider. To
find the best deal, you should compare various plans and
select the one that best fits your needs.
You
should be well aware of the fact that VoIP has conflicting
problems with the 911 emergency systems, before you decide
upon a plan. The FCC has instigated various rules and regulations
that pertain to VoIP services and 911. Before you sign up
for service, you will have to sign either a waiver or a statement
that you are aware that you will not be receiving 911 services
the same as you would with a landline telephone.
Here
are a listing of various VoIP providers and some of their
featured calling plans.
Broadvox -
features included Online Account, Caller ID, Caller ID Block,
Conference Calling, Family Address Book, Speed Dialing, Do
Not Disturb, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, Voicemail, Call
Logs, Call Transfer, and Customizable Contact. Broadvox Direct
offers residential and small business services. Their residential
services include the Residential Choice Plus plan for $9.95
per month. The Residential Choice Plus plan includes 100
outbound minutes and unlimited incoming minutes. Their Residential
Unlimited Plan costs $29.95 a month and includes unlimited
calling anywhere in the US and Canada. The SoHo Small Business
Regional Plan costs $34.95 per month and includes 1500 monthly
minutes in the US and in Canada. The SoHo Small Business
Unlimited Plan costs $44.95 per month and includes unlimited
calls in the US and Canada and also includes a free fax line
and Yellow Page listing.
Galaxy
Voice -
offers two plans, residential and business. Their residential
plan costs $19.95 a month and includes unlimited calling,
Voicemail, Caller Id, Call Waiting, Call Return, Three
Way Calling, and Call Forwarding. Their business plan costs
$39.95 per month and includes unlimited calling, Free Voice
Mail, Free Call Transfer, Free Call Forwarding, Free Repeat
Dialing, and Free Caller ID block. They also offer free
Broadband Phone service for those who have Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, New York, and Rhode Island phone numbers.
Packet
8 -
Features include Unlimited Minutes, Local Number Porting,
Personalized Voice Mail, Unlimited In Network Calling,
Caller ID, Caller ID Blocking, only offers phone plans,
but they also offer videophone plans. Their residential
plans are the Freedom International and Freedom Unlimited.
Both of these plans cost $19.99 per month. The Videophone
plan is the Freedom Unlimited and that too is $19.99 per
month. Their business plans consists of three different
plans. These are the Virtual Office service plans, the
Virtual Attendant Service plans, and the Business Phone
Service plans. The Virtual office phone plan costs $19.95
per month, the Virtual Attendant service plan costs $14.95
per month, and the Business Attendant service plan costs
$34.95 per month.
Vonage -
features include Voicemail Plus, Three Way Calling, Call
Waiting, Call forwarding, Caller ID with Name, 911 Calling,
Free Phone Adapter, ability to keep your phone number, or
choose any area code throughout the US and even other countries.
Vonage is probably the most well known VoIP providers; you
may be surprised to discover that Vonage is also one of the
more expensive providers. Vonage offers two plans, residential
and small business. Residential users may choose between
the Basic 500 plan and Unlimited. The Basic 500 plan offers
500 minutes of talk time for $14.99 a month. The Premium
Unlimited residential plan costs $24.99 per month.
The
Small Business Basic plan costs $39.99 per month and allows
1500 minutes. The Small Business Unlimited plan costs $49.99
a month and provides unlimited calls throughout the United
States, Puerto Rico, and Canada.
VoIP
American -
features include- free phone number transfer, free Caller
ID, free Call Waiting, free Three Way Calling, free Voicemail,
Voicemail delivered to your E-mail, or Web Control panel,
Free Call Forwarding, Personal Toll Free Availability,
and the Ability to Select your own Area Code.
VoIP
American has three different plans. These are the VoIP American
PBX plan, the VoIP American Voice plan and the VoIP American
bVoice plan. The VoIP American PBX plan cost $19.99 a month
for a private line and $44.99 a month for unlimited calling.
The VoIP Voice Residential Basic plan costs $14.99 per month
and the VoIP Voice Residential Unlimited plan costs $29.99
per month. The bVoice Business plan costs $34.99 per month.
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