Unlimited Long Distance Calling with VoIP

To compete with the growing VoIP internet phone service market, traditional land line companies are now adding unlimited long distance calling plans to their offerings. In my area, this service is being advertised for around $40 per month. If your long distance bill normally runs higher than this, you might consider this a bargain price - until you see what the alternatives are.

I have a friend who normally spends around $60 a month on long distance, with some months reaching over $100. This is not an uncommon scenario in today's mobile society. At $40 per month, her phone company's unlimited long distance calling plan would easily save her $240 a year. This is quite a bargain, but she could save even more by switching to a non-traditional telephone service like VoIP. VoIP technology relies on the inexpensive internet to route calls, as opposed to expensive PSTN (public switched telephone network - also known as a "land line"). Internet phone service has been around for several years, but the technology is near perfect