When people like something, the big boys will follow. Just saw an ad for T-Mobile $10 a month service at your home. While nearing my $5 a month skype bill, this hookup has some advantages. Here’s the readers digest version: Pay 50 bucks to get the Tmobile router made by Linksys. Plug-in your normal phone into one of the two phone jacks coming off the router. Now pay t-mobile 10 bucks a month and call nationwide with unlimited minutes, and caller id, call waiting, etc. (same features as Vonage and Skype). Talk and talk and talk. Oh but don’t forget the highspeed internet provided by someone else.
Good news with this setup is you can keep your hardware so if you plunked down $ for a good phone you don’t have to buy a special skype phone. Anyway, for those of you who keep running out of minutes on your lame cell phone plans might want to look into a backup phone, this is a pretty grandparent friendly system. I can’t imagine it being long before Verizon, and AT&T follow suite.
Have you seen VOIP deals in your area? Do you use it? Which one & why?