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Compare Local Phone Plans
This is a list of local telephone plans offered by companies in the US. The plans include regular land-line service and local voice over IP plans. The local VoIP plans are usually a lot cheaper since none of the companies offering land line service can even come close to the VoIP company prices. Currently, the best local phone service deal is Phone Power's $9.95 Unlimited Plan.
Of course, if you really want VoIP service, you will want to get one of the unlimited plans that include long distance and free calling to Canada and Mexico too. Go to our Internet Phone Service page for a complete list of our broadband offerings. You can also go to our What is VoIP and How Does it Work page if you're not really sure if you should buy it or not.
Local Land-Line & VoIP Phone Service Providers
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| Monthly Charge | Description
All prices are monthly unless otherwise noted. Most of these plans allow you to keep your local telephone number.
The broadband companies will take longer to get your number ported, but as long as they offer service in your area code, you should be all right. Some of the VoIP companies end up only having a couple of area code choices per state. In those instances you'll have to choose a new, out of area, phone number.
All of these plans are for residential home phone service only unless otherwise noted. |
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| $9.95
(VoIP) | JoiPhone
JoiPhone offer good VoIP service at a fair price with 2 residential plans:
$9.95/mo JoiPhone with 100 free Local and LD minutes
$17.95/mo JoiPhone Unlmited with Unlimited Local and LD minutes.
All plans come with:
- unlimited incoming and on net calls
- VoiceMail
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eFax
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Caller-ID
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Call Waiting
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Music on Hold
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Over 40 features in all
JoiPhone also offer unlimited JoiPhone Business phone service for $29.95/mo
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(VoIP) | Phone Power
Phone Power VoIP actually offers unlimited local and long distance calling for $9.95. Their phone service also comes with these features:
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• Block/Allow List
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• Call Forwarding
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• Click2Call
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• Call Hold
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• Call Log Viewer
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• Speed Dial List
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• Call Waiting
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• Caller ID
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• Caller Waiting ID
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• Music On Hold
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• Do Not Disturb
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• *69 (Call Return)
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• Simultaneous Ring
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• Voicemail Viewer
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• 3-Way Conference Calling
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| | $9.95
(VoIP) | RocketVoip
RocketVoip Basic Plan
- 200 minutes included to the United States, Canada and Western Europe.
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Unlimited "In-Network" Calling.
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Unlimited incoming calls.
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Voicemail and Voicemail to Email.
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Call Waiting.
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Call Forwarding.
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Call Blocking.
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Call Transfer.
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Caller ID.
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3 Way Calling.
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Repeat Dialing.
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Call Return.
| | $9.95
Extended Contract (VoIP) | ViaTalk
Viatalk's local service option actually isn't local only. It's actually a 500 minute plan that comes with these features:
- U.S / Canada 500 Minutes
- Voicemail
- Caller Id
- Call Waiting
- Caller Return
- e911 support
- Call Hunt
- Do Not Disturb
- Custom Call ID
- 411 Service
- 2nd Line
- International rates vary
- Extra Minutes 3.5 cents/min
| | $9.95
(VoIP) | VoipDotCom
200 Minutes Per Month
The 200 minute per month plan comes with all of these features:
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Calls to USA, Canada & Puerto Rico
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Call blocking
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Caller ID with Name
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Call forwarding
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Speed dial
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Enhanced 911
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Do not disturb
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Voicemail
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And More!
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& Up | Qwest
Qwest's plans start at just $12.50 per month, but unlike most of the other plans listed here, this one comes with nothing but dialtone. If you want voice mail, it will cost you an additional $7.95 per month, and things like Caller ID, Call Waiting, Line Backer?, 3-way Calling, Last Call Return, Call Forwarding, Call Rejection and other options will cost you between $2.95 and $5.95 each per month.
This Qwest plan is great for those who don't need all the additional bells and whistles, so sign up today! One final note, Qwest only offers local telephone service in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.
| | $12.95
& Up. | Cleartel
Cleartel currently only offers local service in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin. Their plans start at $12.95 in some very limited areas, with service in most states going for around $22.00 per month.
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(VoIP) | Lingo
Lingo offers a smaller plan for those who just need a little bif of phone service. for &14.95 per month you get 500 minutes of calling withing the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico .
You also get:
- Voicemail
- Call Forwarding
- Call Waiting
- Return Call
- Caller ID with name
- 411
- 911 dialing
- And more ...
| | $14.99
(VoIP) | Packet8
Once again, this isn't just local service, but bundled local and long distance all in one plan. The $14.99 plan has unlimited local and incoming calls with 500 long distance minutes, and the $24.99 plan has unlimited local and long distance. Packet8 also has video phones for their system, so if you have a loved one in the military, or overseas, you will be able to see them when you're talking to them if you both have one of their video phones.
| | $14.99
(VoIP) | Voiceral
600 Minute Plan (Monthly)
600 minutes of local and long distance calling to anywhere in the USA and Canada.
Over 25 calling features included for FREE. One time equipment purchase fee of $69.95.
2¢ per minute for usage beyond 600 minutes.
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Caller ID
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Call Waiting
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Call Forwarding
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Call Blocking
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Call Follow Me
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Voice Mail
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Do Not Disturb
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Three Way Calling
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Free Directory Assistance
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and Many More ...
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For only $14.99 a month.
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(VoIP) | Vonage
Get 1 month free when you sign up for this plan from Vonage. This is an unlimited local and long distance residential VoIP plan that is currently being offered to new subscribers only.
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(VoIP) | MyPhoneCompany (Yes, that's actually their name.)
This is an actual "local only" phone plan, and includes all calls in your local dialing area. Of course, if you just spent $5.00 more, you would get unlimited calling in the whole United States and Canada. And finally, for only $10.00 more than that, you could get unlimited calling to these countries too:
Australia*,
Austria*,
Belgium*,
Canada,
Denmark*,
France*,
Germany*,
Hong Kong*,
Ireland*,
Israel*,
Italy*,
Japan*,
Netherlands*,
Norway*,
Russia , Moscow*,
Russia , St Petersburg*,
Spain*,
Sweden*,
Switzerland*,
Taiwan*,
United Kingdom*,
China including Mobile*,
South Korea*,
USA. (Note: * indicates that some locations within that country are not included.)
So, now you see why selling VoIP local plans is kind of a waste of time. LOL
| | $21.99
& Up | Powernet Global
Powernet Global's plans start at around $21.99 and vary by whichever state you happen to reside in. They currently offer local service in CA, FL, GA, IN, IL, KY, MA, MD, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX, VA, WA and WI.
This is a regular land-line plan, so you don't need broadband to make it work. PNG also gives you 30 minutes of free long distance calling in the lower 48 states.
| | $39.99
Per Month | Sage Telecom
Sage Telecom offers unlimited regular land line local and long distance service starting at only $39.99 per month. Sage currently offers service is these states: Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Texas, and Wisconsin, in all areas where ATT? is the primary carrier.
| | $44.95
Per Month | Spectrotel
SPECTROTEL is a full service, local and long distance company. Spectrotel serves major markets in the Northeastern United States including New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia and others.
| | $49.99
& Up | Verizon Local
This Verizon calling plan includes unlimited local and long distance calling in the United States and Puerto Rico, plus 3 of these calling features:
Voice Mail
Caller ID
Call Waiting
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