VoIP Service Providers

Tired of minute restrictions and ridiculous long distance rates? VoIP service providers are the answer. With VoIP service, you can get unlimited calling, an unlimited service area, and can lower your monthly phone bill – by up to 80%.

The VoIP service providers listed below showcase some of the excellent unlimited calling options available to businesses. Many of these same providers, like 8x8 or Panterra Networks, also offer VoIP service to residential customers.

What do I need in a VoIP service provider?

It depends on what you need. Most of the business VoIP providers listed below, and many residential providers, offer two options for VoIP service:

• Metered service
• Unlimited Service

Metered VoIP service:

With metered service from a VoIP provider, you pay perminute for your VoIP phone calls.

Metered VoIP service is cheap and effective – if you don't use your phone a lot. Metered VoIP service (that includes services like Skype) typically charge a few cents a minute for any call to the public telephone network. Usually, metered calls are free when you call within the network.

Metered VoIP services tend to be billed as you go and are advertised as "pay for what you need." This applies to features, too. As you compare providers, keep the features you need in mind.

Even services with unlimited local and long distance feature metered calls – when it comes to international calls. VoIP services have cheaper international rates than your traditional phone service providers.

Metered VoIP service (in a nutshell)

• Pay per minute
• Cheap rates
• Pay for only what you need
• Flat-rate long distance
• Low international rates

Unlimited VoIP service:

Call anywhere in the nation with unlimited service from VoIP providers.

Unlimited VoIP service is more expensive per month than metered VoIP service – but if you call a lot, it's cheaper in the long run. Unlimited services usually meter their international calls, but some services, like Phone Power, offer a short period of unlimited international calls per month.

Unlimited calling plans offer unlimited use of features, too. Most of the advanced VoIP features, like voicemail transcription, find me/follow me, and ring splash are included in the cost of an unlimited VoIP plan.

Unlimited VoIP service (in a nutshell)

• Unlimited calls
• Low, flat rate per month
• No long distance fee
• Advanced features included