Still Have A Land Line?

Many people still have land phone lines to their homes.  Depending on the way you use it, this  can be a real expense.  The phone companies toll costs have not caught up with the rest of the world.  While I do admit it is nice to have the security of a land line when the power goes out, it is not a good way to make toll calls.

Most people use their cell phones to make long distance or toll calls because they are free or included with their minutes.  If you don't want to use your mobile or only want to use it for business, then there are some other options.

One option is an IP phone service.  With this option, you have to have high speed internet service.    The IP phone company will send you what is called an ATA adapter.  You hook this up to your home network and to your internal home phone lines.  You then can make free local and long distance calls for free. All you do is pay an annual fee for about $20 per month.  With this service, you can often transfer your existing home number to the new service and get free voice mail to email service.

Also, if you only occasionally make long distance calls, you can get a service like Magic Jack.  Magic Jack is a low cost service that hooks to your home computer to make phone calls.  Now with Magic Jack it costs money to transfer your existing number and there is also a yearly fee assessed when keeping it.  Also, Magic Jack has come out with a service called Magic Jack Plus, but it costs about the same as the IP phone service.

All in all, it is almost never cost effective to use your home phone land line to make long distance calls.  Consider other options and save some money.

Here are some common IP Phone Services:

Packet8

Vonage

Lingo 

Do any of you use other methods to save money?  Please leave  comment and let us know.

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