The days of expensive hotel phone bills are over, with the rise of more and more hotels offering broadband Internet service to their customer, Internet telephone use is on the rise. With a broadband connection provided by the hotel, users can now use Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP to stay connected with their family, friends and office. This is especially good news to oversea travelers as the rate to call back to the United States is extremely high in most international hotels. While most hotels do have a charge to access the Internet, the charge is usually much lower than the cost of making just one 10 minute call to the US.

The Residence Inn in New Haven Connecticut has become one of the first hotels to offer free VoIP service to their customers. Adam Dubroff of TravelGlue, the company that wired the Residence Inn for VoIP, told CNN. "Until now, hotel guests have paid a premium for the convenience of long distance service, which was appropriate when there were no cell phones and it really was a convenience."

Dubroff continued,