With AT&T's Simple Reach plan, customers can dial long distance at local rates. Vonage has recently introduced the ability for VoIP customers to acquire virtual phone numbers from Mexico City.
According to the Chicago Tribune:
"VoIP is absolutely going to kill institutions we are familiar with," said Barnich, former chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission. [...]
This year AT&T said it would stop marketing traditional local and long-distance phone service to residential customers and instead would actively promote VoIP. It is doing so by offering unlimited VoIP calling in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and the U.S. Virgin Islands for just $20 a month for the first six months and $35 thereafter.
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