Have you heard about the device called MagicJack? You plug it into a usb port on your computer then plug any phone into the phone jack on the other end and bingo....regular phone service! $19.95 for a year's service...that's per year not per month! Aprox. $40 first year,(cost of MagicJack plus year's service).
Free 30 day trial. They don't charge your card until the 31st day. Don't like it....send it back and they don't charge the card. I've already had my free trial and sent it back. (They didn't have a local number for me!) But it worked just as advertised and no software to load. It's all contained on the MagicJack.

Sure wish they had an affiliate program!! I'd be first inline! LOL!

Check it out.

Been using it for a long time already, mostly for Sales and Service teams (which is heavy phones). I have about half with numbers local to our Pacific offices and half from Florida, with all units working flawlessly so far. I had to find something super-reliable and very cost effective when developing a new corporate structure last year...

What I like best is the ability to distribute (and totally portable, as in when travelling) them easily to staff who choose to 'telecommute' which is not bound by proximity to the offices, yet still have an official number as if they are.

And, although you cannot get "vanity numbers" I also like the fact if I order multiples, they usually come in sequential numbers, which is something better than random assignments.

* A hidden benefit to VoIP is the numbers are "off the grid" when it comes to telephone solicitations, auto-dialers, and garbage calls, even though they can be "registered" with directories (online only as of yet) for promotional purposes.

Even though it is pure VoIP, when a computer is not turned on, it will go into voicemail or even have the ability to be forwarded to a central "after-hours" desk. The only difficulty has been getting people to shop for a suitable phone to plug into it: most prefer a smaller single rechargable unit that can be pluged with a headset, and usually only Target or Wal*Mart has a selection like that! LOL

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Seems a bit like Skpe, although i never used any. Is this suitable to replace my Home Landline?