The Internet phone service is a call to the trial

You've probably heard about the benefits of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology that transmits your phone calls over the Internet the same lines that carry your e-mail.

Perhaps the biggest cost more: Some providers offer plans for unlimited local and intercity just $ 25 to $ 40 per month. The majority of VoIP users who look down their telephone bills with the new service did so for at least $ 20 per month. About a third saved $ 40 or more. Some said they paid less even if they did more intercity calls.

What's more, most VoIP plans include typical phone - voice mail, caller ID, call waiting and forwarding of call - along with others that you can not get a landline, such as the ability to make local calls using your home number if you're thousands of miles away. (Since VoIP works from any broadband connection, your "home" phone service can travel with you, so that has accompanied the analog telephone adapter that links - via a modem or router - to the Internet.)

Depending on your provider, you can also have voice messages e-sent to you as sound files, click on it to hear.