- Most people are familiar with an answering machine or a fax. These are connected directly to your telephone line and a regular telephone.
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- The technology allows you to use a regular telephone to connect to the internet and forwards the call to the recipient.
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- In principle, you use your phone as you normally do.
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- Flat-fee phone rates with no time limit are typical.
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- International calls can be made for the price of a local calls to your ISP.
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- No computer or additional "gateway" service is required and the service is independent of any long distance carrier.
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- The systems requires an internet connection at both ends.
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- The street price for these interfaces is currently around $150.
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- Call costs are generally free after you have purchased the machines. (You still have to pay the local call cost to your internet service provider of course!)
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