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Originally Posted by TinyFish
Can anyone tell me some more about saving money with VOIP? I've been looking into it, trying to compare to my phone bill, but I'm wondering, what about all the fees/taxes on your phone bill? Mine makes up a very substantial percentage. If there are still all those fees to pay with VOIP on top of $30/month rate or whatever, my bill might be pretty much the same. Can someone who has VOIP give me the details of how their bill works?
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good news is that right now a lot of the taxes & surcharges that appear on a POTS bill (plain old telephone service), currently don't apply to VoIP service. my taxes & surcharges run about 3-4 a month of a $30 plan.
things that typicaly AREN'T on a VoIP bill: federal/state universal service fund fee, which runs (at the federal level) at about 10% of LD Plan fees and usage. also, the EUCL (end user common line fee), sometimes called an access charge, service, fee,what have you that runs about $6.50 for the first line and $7 for all others for residential customers. this is a fee the bell companies charge other providers to be able to use their lines, and that fee is passed to the consumer. it's so lucrative that most bell comanies/LECs also charge the fee.
with that said, be forewarned that states and the fed aren't very pleased about VoIP not being taxed the same, so the chances are good that'll change in the future.