Many people are starting to come to terms with the new telephone technology known as Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Its basically a technology that allows an individual to do what the phone company does today. You plug a phone into your computer or into your broadband network, and your voice is sent over the internet to a switch at a phone company location or another computer where its turned back into a phone signal.

Huhhh. don't worry, think of it as a way to bypass the old phone lines and the taxes and things that go with them and setup a phone line with all the extras for a flat monthly fee for all calls, typically $25 per month, and no more worries about long distance on the home phone.

All those upgrades that phone companies try to sell you are typically thrown in as part of the flat package so even better!