Break away from your PC and make free or low-cost calls to your friends using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice! The Linksys iPhone Dual-Mode Cordless Phone for Yahoo! Messenger comes with the handset, charger, and a USB Base Station that plugs into your PC. Dual-Mode capability lets you choose whether to make free or low-cost calls with the Yahoo! Messenger with Voice service on your PC, or over a regular telephone line. Just select who you want to talk to from your Yahoo! Messenger contact list on your handset and when your contact answers, talk away!

VOIP technology is really starting to spread these days. There are more and more services coming available every day and thanks to that growth in technology we’re seeing newer phone models come out to reflect those. This particular phone model is designed to compliment the Yahoo Messenger service “call a friend” option. Using this phone is as easy as using your Yahoo Messenger on your computer with your microphone, only you now have the freedom to walk away like you might on an ordinary phone call. Of course, it’s not only a Yahoo IM phone, you can dial a standard phone number using the phone as well.

In my opinion, no technology is as reliable as we need it to be, and communication is a key part of our day to day lives. Having a phone in your home that is going to get a call out when you really need it to go through is quite important. I like to keep at least two types of phone service active in our home. I keep a land line (I know, I know, who the heck uses a land line anymore!?!) and we also have a VOIP phone in the office, and recently we added two cell phones into the mix. I have one that I use as my work number, and my oldest son has one as well.

VOIP (voice over IP) is becoming more and more popular. And lately I’ve been finding it to be more reliable than my cell phone or land line ever were. You can even use Skype for your calls, which is a great feature. Skype is a free download to start off with, but not all calls are free. You can call from computer to computer with no charge, which is like an instant message with voice. To call a phone number has a low call rate, you can even make international calls using Skype.

Of course Skype isn’t your only option. Vonage phone service is one of the most reliable phone services available today and it comes at great prices. Vonage was less expensive than both a regular land line through the phone company, and a digital land line through the cable company. At about 25 dollars per month it’s hard to beat the value that Vonage offers, and that includes your most popular features like call waiting and voice mail at no additional charge! The cable company was charging me extra for all of those little things.

* Unlimited local and long distance calling in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico
* FREE calls to landline phones in Italy, France, Spain, UK, and Ireland
* 25 Calling Features like Call Waiting, Voicemail and Caller ID included

Are you doing business all over the country? Vonage also lets you choose your area code, so local is wherever you want it to be. Can your home or office phone do that?

Of course services are limited by area. If you live in one of the few places that only has dial-up internet service, than VOIP is probably not your best phone service solution.