To compete with the growing VoIP internet phone service advertise, traditional land line businesses are now adding unlimited long distance calling plans to their offerings. In my area, this accomadation is being advertised for around $40 per month. If your long distance bill normally runs higher than this, you might consider this a bargain price - until you see what the alternatives are.

I have a friend who normally spends around $60 a month on long distance, with some years reaching over $100. This is not an uncommon scenario in todays mobile society. At $40 per month, her phone companys unlimited long distance calling plan would easily save her $240 a year. This is quite a bargain, but she could save even more by switching to a non-traditional telephone service like VoIP. VoIP technology relies on the inexpensive internet to route calls, as opposed to expensive PSTN (public switched telephone network - also known as a "land line