How To Use Broadband Phone Service
By: Gaston Collins | Posted: 01st January 2006
Depending on the service, one way to place a BroadBand Phone call is to pick up your phone and dial the number, using an adaptor that connects to your existing high-speed Internet connection. The call goes through your local telephone company to a BroadBand Phone provider. The phone call then goes over the Internet to the called party's local telephone company for the completion of the call. Another way is to utilize a microphone headset plugged into your computer. The number is placed using the keyboard and is routed through your cable modem.
Some BroadBand Phone providers offer their services for free, normally only for calls to other subscribers to the service. Your BroadBand Phone company may permit you to select an area code different from the area in which you live. This means you may not incur long distance charges if you call a number in your area code regardless of geography. It also means that people who call you may incur long distance charges depending on their area code and service.
Some BroadBand Phone providers charge for a long distance call to a number outside your calling area, similar to existing, traditional wireline telephone service. Other BroadBand Phone providers permit you to call anywhere at a flat rate for a fixed number of minutes.
Learn more about Broadband Phones and VoIP Service at http://www.Yahoo-VoIP.com/old-chuckaluck.htm
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