Verizon and AT&T commit to Voice over IP
Most people still have absolutely no idea what in the hell we're talking about when we bring up Voice over IP (which is why we've long since abandoned it as a pickup line), but apparently that isn't stopping Verizon and AT&T from making a huge commitment to people making calls over the Internet.
For some unknown reason Verizon picked the name "VoiceWing" for their new Vonage-like broadband Voice over IP service. The deal is that subscribers to their DSL service can pay $34.95 a month for unlimited local and long-distance calling, while everyone else will get charged $39.95 a month for the service. It's better than their regular all-you-can-eat landline phone service (which is $59.95), but it's more than what Vonage, Packet8, and all the other upstarts charge for unlimited monthly service (even with the five dollar discount if you're a DSL subscriber).
Making an even bigger commitment to VoIP than Verizon, AT&T is going for broke and completely abandoning their regular residential long-distance service in favor of CallVantage, their new broadband Voice over IP service (current long-distance customers shouldn't be affected).
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