More than a million people are using the Internet as their phone company using voice over IP (VoIP) technologies that let broadband subscribers use part of their bandwidth to carry phone signals. Consumer Reports recently tested a number of services, including AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, and Vonage, finding that call quality was good overall.
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