Circuit City, the consumer electronics chain, is the first national U.S. retailer to sell Internet phone service (Voice over IP) -- at all 600 of its stores and online. Vonage will provide the hardware and telephone service.
Vonage, which already has over 100,000 customers, allows users to hook up a telephone handset into their high-speed Internet connection. For a small monthly fee, calls are free or incur minimal charges. Offering rates that undercut traditional phone companies, Vonage faces challenges from some U.S. regulators who argue it should lose its Internet exemption and meet the regulatory demands of traditional phone service providers.
AT&T and Verizon have begun testing there own VoIP services.
[Source: CNET]
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