Internet Phone Service - Great for the Holidays!

Internet phone service is a great way to save a lot of money on your phone bill and have every calling feature you could ever possibly want for free. VoIP is really wonderful to have during the holiday season especially, because this is a time when we want to be closer to all our loved ones. If you have an unlimited internet phone service plan, you can talk all you want for free!


Imagine calling all the long distance friends and relatives you want, and talking as long as you want to during the happy holiday season! Nice isn't it? Now imagine no long distance charges on your phone bill! Even nicer, right? With a cheap VoIP internet phone service plan that includes unlimited local and long distance calling (for $17 to $25 per month depending on the VoIP provider you choose), you can talk till your heart's content - for free!


One of the things I love most about my Packet8 internet phone service is the fact that I have one flat fee every month (around $22 with taxes, etc..) for my telephone service - period! With this cheap flat rate, I make several lengthy long distance calls a week and never see a long distance charge! Sweet! I usually log around 3000 minutes of local and long distance calling per month, and about 2/3 of that is long distance calls. Since I don't have to worry about spending money on long distance fees, I get to talk to my far-off friends and family a lot more than "pre-VoIP".


Before I got my VoIP service, my long distance bill averaged $50 per month, and my basic "land line" phone service was $25. I was paying $75 a month for local telephone service, and always felt like I had to "watch the clock" when making long distance calls. Now I no longer have land line phone service (had that disconnected a week after getting internet phone), and my bill runs $22. Instantly I'm saving over $50 per month - over $600 a year "in my pocket"! On top of that, I make many many long distance calls and no longer worry about how long I talk.


Internet phone service is a great way to get closer to the ones you love - especially when they live far away. It's not too late to order VoIP service and have it in time for the holidays. Simply choose a VoIP provider and subscribe. Within a week or so you'll get your VoIP adapter ("ATA"). Simply connect a couple of cables per the excellent instructions, dial a special number to activate your phone and make all the long distance calls you want for free!!


Here are my recommendations for VoIP providers:

Packet8 - Unlimited plan for $19.99/mo. Annual unlimited is $199/year.
Sunrocket - Annual unlimited calling - $199/year
Vonage - Unlimited plan for $24.99/mo. Includes free Europe calling.
AT&T CallVantage - Unlimited plan for $24.99/mo.