| Do you have high-speed Internet? More | | | | and long distance calling for $20 or less per |
| specifically, broadband Internet service. If you do | | | | month, and if you think that's cheap you can pay |
| you could be using that Internet connection to get | | | | up front for an entire year for around $200. Just |
| really cheap home phone service. I'm not talking | | | | think, no phone bill for a year other than the |
| about software like Skype where you need a | | | | modest three to five dollars for government |
| computer, a microphone, and speakers or a head | | | | imposed fees and taxes. |
| set. I am talking about using your home telephone | | | | Quality of Digital Phone Service |
| with your dsl or cable Internet connection to | | | | There is typically no noticeable difference |
| lower your phone bill. | | | | between the call quality of VoIP vs landline phone |
| Digital Phone Service | | | | service. I've been a Packet8 customer myself for |
| VoIP phone service has many names. It has been | | | | over three years now, and for me using |
| called anything from just VoIP, to broadband | | | | expensive landline phone service when I can use |
| telephone, and more recently digital phone service. | | | | VoIP for a third of the cost is nonsense. If you |
| Have you ever wondered how the cable | | | | have faster Internet connections, you'll likely have |
| providers can offer phone service so cheap? | | | | an increase in call quality, but this is barely |
| They use VoIP, but even if it is less costly than | | | | noticeable as well. |
| your typical landline you could get stand alone | | | | Digital Phone Features vs Landline Phone Features |
| VoIP or digital phone for much less than what the | | | | This is another area where digital Voip phone |
| cable company charges. | | | | service shines. Landline telephone companies will |
| The cost of Digital Phone Service | | | | often charge you for extra calling features like |
| You can think of VoIP phone service as sort of a | | | | caller ID, call waiting, call forwarding, and others. If |
| prepaid phone plan. You do have to pay in | | | | calling features come with your landline plan you'll |
| advance, and sometimes you have to buy a VoIP | | | | normally get two or three at the most. On the |
| phone router to make it work, but depending on | | | | other hand with VoIP you can get anywhere |
| what provider you use, the router may be free. | | | | from ten to twenty or even more calling features |
| There are VoIP providers that offer unlimited local | | | | at no extra cost. |