Just hearing that basic advantage a lot of people had immediately jumped in to join the VoIP bandwagon and made the switch from the traditional telephony system. Although the number of people switching to VoIP consistently increases daily, VoIP providers are still diligently working on ways to improve and enhance their product. The most recent and probably most controversial development is the so-called free VoIP.

I’m sure a lot of doubting Toms out there are already saying that “nothing in life is free!” So, I’ll leave the decision to you. I have made an outline of things you can check out in order to see what’s with the free offerings.

Google Talk is first on the list. Google is offering free VOIP service that allows you to call or send instant messages your team, family and friends. The only catch is this is only available to those with Gmail accounts. Now if you do not have one and yet still wish to take advantage of this offer, you can just open an email account with Gmail. The registration is free of charge.

You’ll be surprise at how easy and fast you can download Google Talk. It’ll probably take a little over 3 minutes with a modem (files size: 900K). However, another limitation is that it requires Windows XP/2000 with a minimum of a 56k (broadband recommended) connection. Of course, dial up will also work but then broadband would make talking and sending instant messages to your friends much easier.