Residential VoIP - Digital Phone Service
What is Residential VoIP?
VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, uses your Internet connection to place and receive calls. The widespread use of high-speed Internet has made this technology affordable for residential customers. For a low monthly rate, VoIP providers like Phone Power offer residential plans for making local and long distance calls. These plans include more advanced features than traditional home phones offer, like caller ID, voicemail and call waiting.
VoIP is also known as digital phone service or Internet phone service. Instead of a traditional home phone, you will use your high-speed Internet connection, a VoIP Phone and VoIP Adapter to start making calls with ease.
Before you proceed, we highly recommend that you use our VoIP Speed Tester to determine if your Internet connection is strong enough to work with VoIP systems.
Residential VoIP Buying Guide
There are so many residential/small office home office(soho) VoIP providers like Phone Power and Intalk in the market, but what would be the best choice for you? How do you know whether or not you are getting what you paid for? We encourage you to perform thorough research before deciding on a provider. Below are a few tips to help you in your decisions.
- Have in mind an idea what features you need.
- Visit the provider's website and research their plans and services which fit your needs.
- Find out whether or not the provider includes taxes, 911 service charges, and/or regulatory charges in their monthly fees.
- Find out if the necessary voip equipment will be provided for you.
What can a VoIP phone do that a landline phone cannot?
A VoIP or broadband phone service can help you save up to 90% of your monthly phone bill. VoIP providers like ITP and Phone Power, offer many features which are covered in the monthly fee, such as voicemail, caller ID, three-way calling, and call waiting. Many providers offer unlimited long-distance with their plans, which saves customers the trouble of having to purchase long-distance phone cards. Furthermore, most providers offer unlimited calling to other subscribers of the same service, allowing you to talk to those users for as long as you wish at no additional cost, regardless of the type of plan you purchase. VoIP service, (also known as Internet phone service) is best suited for you if you can relate to any of the following comments:
- "I have a high speed internet connection and would like to lower my phone bills."
- "I make expensive long-distance or international calls and would like to reduce those costs."
- "I run a small business and phone bills make significant part of my overhead."
- "I like the convenience of taking my number with me as I travel anywhere in the world."
- "I'd like to utilize attractive features such as conference calling, choice of any area code, voice mail, caller ID, call waiting, etc."
- "I'm frustrated with excessive taxes and long-distance company monopolies."
- "I live outside the U.S. but I need a local NYC number for my business."
