VoIP Phone Plans Reduce Costs for Today's Sprawling Families

VoIP phone service has become an increasingly popular option for businesses and consumers alike due to its ability to save a significant amount of money on each monthly bill.

Strong fit for most any consumer

While a strong fit for most any consumer, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone plans are particularly ideal for those who place and receive long distance calls on a regular basis, just as parents of children who are spread out across the country.

As many consumers know, a typical monthly phone bill for homes that consistently place long distance calls can exceed $100. Opposite, the vast majority of VoIP plans cost less than $20 and include unlimited long distance service as then as a number of advanced features that are perfect for today's sprawling families.

WhichVoIP.com, an online reviewer of residential and wholesale VoIP services providers, recently put at the same time a list of some of these at once-gen VoIP calling features.

One of the best features for these types of homes is the "virtual number," which enables family members to get charged for local PSTN calls even if their parents live across the country. To take advantage of this feature, parents simply need to sign up for a VoIP plan and add a virtual number in the area code of their child.

When their son or daughter dials the number, the call will be billed locally even if the two parties are on in contrast ends of the country. This will eliminate the need for expensive collect or long distance calls when one family member doesn't have VoIP service.

Other useful features include Caller ID and Distinctive Ringing, which parents can employ to on the spur of the moment identify calls coming from their children earlier even reaching the phone.

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