"Austad, Jay" <austad at marketwatch.com> writes:

> Voice over IP on your existing broadband connection.  You choose the area
> code you want, so you can have a NYC number here in minneapolis.  $19.95 a
> month with 500 mins long distance, and only $39.95 a month for *unlimited*
> long distance.  A guy I work with got it a couple of weeks ago and said it
> rocks.  Plus, one of the area codes available is a NYC cellular area code.
> NY has strict laws that prohibit telemarking to cell phones, so most
> telemarketing firms remove numbers with this area code from their lists.  

Cool!  What sort of bandwidth does it draw when there's an active
connection?  And what comes out of the box?  A POTS line?  (something
I could connect into the Panasonic KSU?)
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