Have you seen the TV commercials for magicJack? You plug it into your computer's USB port, and it accesses your broadband internet connection to make FREE phone calls through your regular home phone. PC Magazine gave it their editor's choice award (read the review here), calling it "so simple it's almost perfect...the best home-over-IP gadget I've seen...excellent call quality...amazing price."
You can see the company's founder talking about it in an interview on YouTube here.
RadioShack has the magicJack as their Wednesday Deal today, marked down $10 to just $29.99 plus tax, shipped free! Your first year of service is included in the price, and it's just $19.99 each following year!
That's for a YEAR of unlimited local and long-distance calling within the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, plus free voice mail, free call forwarding, free three-way calling, and free directory assistance! And because the magicJack is a plug-and-play device, there's no installation charge required, plus it works with your existing telephone, so no additional equipment purchase is needed! The founder says "even your grandma" can install it! ;)
I'm getting one. I'm going to try it out first, and if the quality is as good as they say, I am SO ditching my regular home phone service (which is running me around $25 a MONTH, versus this for $20 a YEAR!).
If you want to try it out, too, remember, this sale price of $29.99 is only good today at RadioShack! (QR members, forward your order confirmation email to support and you'll get 2.2% cash back!)