IP Telephony Service

You will come to know all about that as you go through this article. To begin with, or rather to make use of IP telephony service, users must first have a broadband internet connection. Even the normal dial up connection will suffice, but the call clarity will be very low as the speed of a dial up internet connection is very slow.

That is the reason every IP telephony service provider request users to have a broadband high speed internet connections. Apart from that the necessary devices are a VoIP adapter.

If you have an IP Telephone at home or at work, you will need the services of leading VoIP service providers. We are going to provide you with the top 5 service providers to choose from. There are more than 2,000 VoIP service providers in USA alone.

Let us find out how these service providers help us with IP telephony service.

Lingo – Lingo is one of the top 5 service provider in the world. If a user is having an IP Telephone service from any leading brand of IP phones, they can take the services of Lingo. The monthly rental is $23.95. The company does not have any annual contract. Users have to pay the monthly rental from the 2^nd month onwards. The best part of Lingo service provider is that users can make FREE unlimited phone calls to more than 45 countries in the world on a landline number and to selected countries mobile numbers as well.

It means that if a user is based at Russia or Singapore and if they make calls to Belgium, China, Ireland, Japan on a landline number, there are no charges involved. Only monthly rental has to be paid. This is all possible because of the IP telephony services and VoIP service providers. Let us compare call rates. A call to Russia on a landline number will cost 13.9 cents per minute and a call to a mobile number in Russia will cost a user 10.9 cents. Calls to Moscow are totally FREE of charge.

ViaTalk – ViaTalk, is another leading service provider allowing users to make calls with their IP telephony service. Monthly rental for ViaTalk is much cheaper than Lingo costing only $8.95 per month. Registered users can make FREE calls to US for unlimited period and also for 1,200 minutes every month to more than 60 countries in the world. They provide FREE calls even to mobile number of 12 countries in the world every month. The company provides FREE equipment and users can benefit from this service provider. Calls to a Russia landline number will cost a user just 5 cents per minute and to a mobile number, call rates begin at 9.76 cents per minute.

Vonage – Vonage is another leading service provider for IP telephony services. Their monthly rental begins at $9.99 only but the package is only for 3 months. After which the user will have to begin paying $25.99 per month thereafter. The best part of Vonage is that they provide FREE unlimited calls to 60 countries landline numbers and to 14 countries mobile numbers without any charge. All what a user will have to pay is the monthly rental charges. A call to Russia on a landline number is FREE as the country is located in their free calling country list. And a call to a Russia mobile number is just 8 cents per minute. Registered users can get FREE phone adapter, FREE shipping and FREE activation.

BroadVoice – BroadVoice provides users with 6 plans to choose from. The most famous and widely used plan for their IP telephony services is known as the ‘Unlimited World’ plan with monthly rental beginning at only $19.95. Once registered, users are able to make unlimited FREE calls to 29 countries in the world on a landline number and to 9 countries mobile numbers. A call to Russia on landline number will cost a user only 5 cents per minute and to a mobile number call cost begins at 8 cents per minute.

VoIP.com – VoIP and BroadVoice top in the first 10 of the best service providers in the world. Their most famous plan is the ‘Domestic Home & Small Business’ plan where users can make FREE one hour of calling to many selected international countries in the world using their IP telephony services.

The company has got more then 45 features which accompany the package. Their monthly rental works to $8.33 if they user takes a 2 year plan by paying $99.95. Without the package, their monthly rental is $19.95. The company provides users with 30 days satisfaction guarantee where they can return back the device incase they are not satisfied with VoIP.com services. A call to Russia on a landline number will begin at 3.2 cents per minute and to a mobile number call charges begin at 6.4 cents per minute.

Users can use any of the service providers mentioned here as all of them are listed in the top 10 best service providers in the world. Users can use any of their IP telephony services to be connected with the above service providers. Users are first advised to check the call rates to their country and than decide the best plan from the above 5.