BroadVoice Launches Affordable Toll Free Service; BroadVoice Customers Can Add Toll Free Number for Only $ 1.95 per Month.LOWELL, Mass. -- BroadVoice, the industry leader in feature-rich, low-cost Internet telephone services See VoIP. for home and small business users, today announced the immediate availability of its new Toll Free Alternate Numbers for its residential and small business customers. This unique premium feature allows BroadVoice subscribers to add a toll free number to their account for only $ 1.95 per month. Each Toll Free Alternate Number includes 60 minutes of free inbound in·bound 1 adj. Bound inward; incoming: inbound commuter traffic. Adj. 1. inbound calling with each additional minute billing at $ 0.02 thereafter. The announcement comes on the heels of a distribution agreement announced last week between BroadVoice and catalog retailer Hello Direct. BroadVoice service allows customers to make and receive telephone calls over their existing high speed ("broadband") Internet connections, and provides them with 24 free calling features, including voicemail, caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. , and call waiting. Toll free service is just one of the many BroadVoice features that can be activated by existing subscribers in their "BroadVoice Account Portal." Subscribers simply select an 8xx number from an extensive list of available numbers and the service is instantly provisioned. BroadVoice president David Epstein For the computer scientist notable for his work in computational geometry, graph algorithms, and recreational mathematics, see David Eppstein David B. A. Epstein (b. said, "No other VoIP or traditional telephone company offers such a great deal on Toll Free service. We are proud to offer this kind of value to our loyal subscribers and will keep on working to earn their business." BroadVoice offers service plans starting at $9.95 for unlimited in state calling. The $19.95 Unlimited World plan offers free calls to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and 20 other countries, including most of Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). and China. For $24.95 the Unlimited World Plus plan provides free calls to 35 countries, including Brazil, Japan and Israel. A small business BroadVoice plan costs $29.95 per month. About BroadVoice The BroadVoice service lets consumers and small businesses use a high-speed DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary or cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. connection to make and receive phone calls anywhere in the world. Customers benefit from unlimited domestic and international calling and a suite of 24 basic and advanced features for one low monthly fixed price. BroadVoice currently offers service in over 1,500 rate centers in 36 US states. Founded in December 2003, BroadVoice is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Convergent Networks, Inc. and is based in Lowell, MA. Additional information can be found at www.broadvoice.com. |
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