VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol is the latest technology that allows individuals and businesses to make and receive phone calls using your broadband Internet connection instead of your traditional phone line.  VoIP providers, such as Vonage and AT&T CallVantage, convert your phone calls into data that travels through your high-speed Internet connection the same way your email does.  The data comes out the other end the same way as your regular phone calls.  People calling you will not notice any difference with voip phone service since it sounds just like a regular phone call.

After you have selected a VoIP provider and have connected the voip service, you simply pick up your current home phone and use it the same way you do today.  The person you are calling does not need to have the same service or an Internet connection on their side, simply their same phone and current service.  Receiving calls with your voip phone service will be exactly the same as you do today when the phone rings.  Using a VoIP phone service does not affect your computer and Internet usage.  You will be able to continue to surf the web or send and receive email just as you do today.  Join the many millions of people who have already switched away from traditional phone service.