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Imagine paying a phone bill only once a year, and still getting unlimited long distance and local calling. You can with a yearly unlimited calling plan with VOIP. Depending on your calling plan you might pay between $200 to $300 for the entire year, plus three to five dollars for taxes and government imposed fees each month.

Yearly calling plans are cheaper than monthly.

Since you are paying for an entire year up front you'll get a significant discount on phone service. In some cases you'll save as much as $5 each month over a monthly plan. Something else for you to chew on is that's just enough to cover those government imposed fees. Sure it's going to cost you something at first, but give it a month with no bill and you'll be bragging to your friends. I did, and do.

More calling features with VOIP.

Not only is VOIP much cheaper than landline, but in most cases you get 10, 20, or even more calling features for free. It just depends on who you go through. In comparison, most landline companies only give you two or three features, and charge you for anything more, so if you add up how much each of those features would normally cost, plus your average billing, you're probably saving yourself between 50% to 80% just on home phone service by going with a VOIP company.

OH! You mean Vonage.

No, I don't mean Vonage. While Vonage is an example, it is like down south where they call every form of soda, Coke. Vonage is a VOIP phone service provider, but they are not the only one, and they certainly are not the cheapest. There are many to choose from that are just as good if not better than Vonage.

As for the quality and clarity of the phone calls, many say you can't tell the difference. Advances in VoIP technology over the past few years have taken some of the quality issues out of the picture. There are far less outages now than even five years ago. Mostly, that has to do with the quality of your Internet service provider and weather or not your cable or DSL modem is working properly.

Is VOIP available where I live.

If you have broadband it's available, but that doesn't mean a local phone number for any given company is available in your area. You'll just have to check and see which VOIP providers offer a local phone number where you live. While I'm on the subject of local phone numbers I might as well let you know in many cases you'll be able to keep your current phone number when you switch to VOIP from a landline. Just check with your favorite VOIP phone service provider.