Vonage allows customers to travel with their phone adapter, which they can then just plug into their computer and broadband Internet, giving them the same Internet phone service that they receive at home. Vonage offers a couple of plans to choose from, with their unlimited local and long distance service coming in at under $25.00 per month.
“Communication was always an issue with expats working overseas. Satellite telephones have helped me to keep in touch with my family but the per minute cost prohibited long or chatty calls,” says Thomas Drown, a geologist working in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
“Now, I can talk to anyone in the world who has either a phone or an Internet connection. Now I can call my mom in Canada from my western Mongolia field office any time of the day or night for just eight cents a minute.”
Broadband phone service, offered through WiFi hot spots and high-speed internet service is the wave of the future. With voice over internet protocol now receiving main stream acceptance with the residential and business communities, look for VoIP services to start showing up in most hotel chains in the near future.