| If you have choose to give up your land line and | | | | the U. S., Mexico and Canada with unlimited calling |
| go strictly with the cell phone, you may wish you | | | | at the same price. |
| had made another choice if you go over the | | | | Military personnel often choose to have a VoIP |
| minutes in your plan. There is a third alternative | | | | phone that is set to their hometown in the U. S. |
| that is still less expensive than a land line and | | | | This allows friends and family from the hometown |
| allows you unlimited minutes. This will free up the | | | | to call without paying international calling fees. |
| cell phone minutes for when they are really | | | | Even if some family members must pay long |
| needed. Many persons find that they only have to | | | | distance fees to the VoIP phone, they are much |
| pay the low monthly or annual fee and have all | | | | less than the international calling fees. |
| the minutes that are needed for most of their | | | | College students can also have contact with |
| phone use simply by using a USB phone or | | | | family in a similar way. Of course callers from out |
| adapter. | | | | of that town would pay normal long distance |
| Some VoIP services are free, but most of the | | | | charges to call the military personnel or college |
| free services are limited to computer to | | | | student unless the caller has a similar plan. |
| computer communication. Both you and the | | | | By adding the USB phone, the user is able to still |
| recipient must be online and have microphone and | | | | receive calls even when the computer is turned |
| speakers or you can communicate by typing | | | | off. Since the phone rings like any other phone, |
| messages back and forth. To speak with a | | | | you can go about your normal tasks and others |
| person who is using a traditional telephone, you will | | | | can still call you. Traditional feeling and looking |
| want to choose a subscription service. For only a | | | | phones often give users better quality VoIP |
| slightly higher fee, you will have your own phone | | | | phone calls. |
| number and be able to receive as well as make | | | | If you are tired of counting minutes using either |
| calls. If you have installed a USB phone, it will ring | | | | cell or traditional phones, try using a VoIP service |
| like any other phone. | | | | for your calls. The price is low enough to try a |
| Persons wanting to use their own existing phones | | | | few months before you drop other services. |
| can purchase a USB adapter for use in the home. | | | | This allows you cut the minutes from your cell |
| Some of these adaptors have the option of | | | | phone plan and save your time for emergency |
| choosing which line, VoIP or landline for use when | | | | calls. The savings on one phone can often save |
| making a call. | | | | enough money to more than pay for the cost of |
| Many of these VoIP plans allow you to make | | | | the VoIP fees. Often you will save more in one |
| unlimited calls to a certain region or country. One | | | | month than the VoIP call will cost in a year. |
| example is a company that has a calling plan for | | | | |