Unlimited Long Distance Residential Service Local Residential Phone Service Local phone service is now available from three of the most cost effective telecommunications suppliers: Z-Tel Communications Z-Tel phone service provides all the features you need. Here are some of the Z-Tel plans available to you: Personal Voice Assistant (PVA™), featuring "virtual" Address Book, voice emails, voice dialing and more. Long distance service for your home, with PVA™ included. Long Distance 500™ plan with 500 minutes of free nationwide long distance and PVA calling. ZpLine800™ Take the unequaled benefits of Personal Voice Assistant (PVA) and add your own personal 800 number, and you've got true connectivity. Introducing Z-Line800! Unlimited local and unlimited nationwide long distance for your home, with PVA included. Unlimited local service for your home, with PVA™ included. Z-LineHOME™ Select with unlimited local and 50 minutes of nationwide long distance for your home, with PVA included. Z-LineHOME™ Basic with unlimited local service for your home, with PVA included and per minute charges for in-state and state-to-state calls.  More Z-Tel Information... Talk America TALK AMERICA LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE BUNDLED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE Enjoy free unlimited member-to-member long distance, plus one flat rate for basic local phone service, local and/or regional minutes, popular features, low long distance rates and more! More Information... TALK AMERICA LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE BUNDLED FOR BUSINESS USE Talk America brings you customized savings plans that include your complete local and long distance phone service for a low flat monthly rate. More Information... TALK AMERICA LONG DISTANCE ONLY Make your long distance calls for only 3.9¢ per minute, all day every day! Use our secure online order form to signup and manage your bill and view your call records online! More Information... Flat Rate Long Distance If your combined in-state and state-to-state long distance charges are more than $30 a month, or you closely watch the second hand during your calls... ...there are several options you ought to consider. Z-Tel Communications If you are interested in a flat rate for unlimited local and unlimited long distance you ought to consider Z-Tel Communications. For one low rate (depends on your state) you call call anyone locally or nationwide and talk as long and as often as you want. Z-Tel Communications will replace both your local and long distance providers. Voice over IP is the latest trend is low cost long distance. If you have broadband Internet, you ought to consider using Voice over IP technology. Packet8 Broadband Telephone and Videophone Packet8 is a broadband telephone and videophone service like no other. Packet8 is an affordable and easy-to-use broadband telephone and videophone service. Designed with both residential and business customers in mind, Packet8 allows anyone with broadband (high-speed) Internet access to use their regular phone to make UNLIMITED calls to anywhere in the U.S. and Canada for as little as $19.95 per month. Packet8 subscribers with videophones can make video calls for as little as $29.95 per month. Get all the features your want: Unlimited Minutes (not on metered plans) Local Number Porting(LNP) Personalized Voicemail Unlimited In-Network Calling Caller ID Caller ID Blocking Call Waiting Call Waiting ID Call Forwarding 3-way Conferencing Call Return *69 activates Online Management & Billing Choose Your Own Area Code *70 Call Waiting Disable *78/*79 Do Not Disturb *77/*87 Anonymous Call Blocking Distinctive Ringing for Virtual Numbers FAX All Packet8 subscribers get world wide UNLIMITED calling to other Packet8 subscribers at no extra charge. Calls to non-Packet8 international numbers (outside the U.S. and Canada) are charged at a very low per minute rate. Check our international rates. When you subscribe to a Packet8 plan you will be shipped a broadband telephone adapter (at no extra cost) or a standalone videophone (at a greatly discounted price) depending upon the plan. Along with the equipment, you will receive a 10-digit activation code. Packet8 will transfer your existing number or give you a new telephone number from the area code of your choice. Packet8 is the complete voice and video communication service. Packet8 sends all calls to and from you through the broadband phone adapter or the videophone which then route the calls over the Internet, instead of using the traditional public telephone network. There are no extra numbers to dial, no special instructions and no talking through your computer. Just pick up your phone, hear a dial tone and dial any phone number. Incoming calls ring your phone the same as any traditional phone. Get all the Packet8 Details now. Long Distance Calculator Compare your long distance bill with a dozen discount carries by using the rate calculator below. The most competitive suppliers are right here. Then choose the one that's best. Get a FAST and very EASY detailed rate analysis for all of our carriers - side by side - in your area. Enter the following information. Click and save! Now is the time to lowewr your phone bill. Your phone bill is only going up. I represent a variety of companies that offer a complete line of telecom solutions. These competitive companies provide a full range of telecom and communications services, including: Local phone service Long distance phone service Low cost Internet access (around half the cost of AOL) 1-800 numbers Calling cards Dial-around services Voice messaging Spamless email Home security Satellite TV ...and more. As a telecommunications consultant, I can perform a telecom audit and offer many efficient solutions from the best companies. Back to How to Lower Your Phone Bill Copyright © 2004-2009 by Robert Sherman All rights reserved.