Internet Phones - Phone Service Options Guide

INTERNET PHONES: EDITORS' GUIDE TO VOIP

Your next phone may not be a telephone. It may look and work like a phone, but it will connect to the Internet, not a phone line, and costs less than today's phones. You'll also get better features and ease of use. Over the next few years, more products using Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, will be coming online.

But there's no need to wait--today's batch of Internet phone products have useful features and can save you, starting now. Learn Internet phones work and see what you need to get started.

Hear what current users love and hate about their Internet phones.

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Linksys, Vonage connect on VoIP Vonage teams with Wi-Fi equipment maker Linksys on Voice over Internet Protocol.News.com, August 24, 2004

Netgear, Vonage gear up for VoIPThe companies team up to develop broadband telephony products due in time for the holidays, sources familiar with deal say.News.com, August 23, 2004

Best Buy to sell AT&T's Internet phone serviceTelephone giant partners with electronics retailer to market Voice over Internet Protocol. News.com, August 23, 2004

Is VoIP just chump change?AT&T Chief David Dorman says he expects VoIP to be a $2 billion-a-year business, small change for his company. News.com, August 20, 2004

AT&T strikes VoIP deals with cableCompany points potential Net phone customers to cable giants for broadband--all part of Ma Bell's aggressive VoIP plans. News.com, August 19, 2004
VoIP firm tussles with states over phone numbersDispute between regulators and SBC IP Communications highlights an endangered species: the 10-digit number. News.com, August 19, 2004
Vonage hangs up on some callersVoIP company suffers "delays," the second glitch in two weeks. Those affected are told to reboot their adapters. News.com, August 12, 2004 INTERNET PHONE SOFTWARE
iConnectHere - Internet Phone Service
The world's leader in Internet Telephony and Broadband phone, with the largest privately managed Global IP network in existence. Make calls to any telephone in the world directly from your PC with iConnectHere's new dialer while benefiting from incredibly competitive rates!
WebPhone VoIP (voice over Internet Proto
col) Software
WebPhone is a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service that helps you lower your phone bills. Make your calls with WebPhone and you will save money because of our low rates.
Net2Phone - Free Internet Phone Software
Download Now -- Get your FREE calling software. Make low cost calls to any phone in the world... right from your computer.
Skype - FREE Internet Phone
Skype is free Internet phone that just works. With SkypeOut you can call anyone anywhere in the world at local rates.
Go2Call - PC to phone calling
Go2Call is a global leader in Internet calling that delivers high quality, low-cost PC-to-phone calling. Go2Call has carried more than 100 million minutes of international VoIP phone calls.
BROADBAND PHONE SERVICE
Packet8 VOIP Broadband Phone Service with Phone Adapter
The Packet8 service and adapter allow you to enjoy all the features that you have come to expect from traditional phones, such as call waiting, caller ID, personalized voicemail, and three-way calling, while also taking advantage of features only possible by utilizing the latest in internet technology.
Vonage Broadband Phone
Vonage is a revolutionary new phone service that uses your broadband Internet connection. If you have a broadband Internet connection, Vonage can relay your voice over the Internet using a regular phone and an adapter.

VoicePulse Broadband Phone
No need for headphones and a computer! Just pick up a normal touch-tone phone, dial a phone number and start talking! Our broadband phones use the latest technology to send your calls over the Internet.