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VoIP (which rhymes with nothing and stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol) is a family of revolutionary technologies that send voice communications over broadband networks like the Internet. Now voice and data can travel over the Internet and into our homes. VoIP works best over a high-speed broadband connection and the promise of this technology is another reason robust broadband deployment is an absolute must for 21st Century consumers.

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Study finds cash-strapped consumers more likely to cut VoIP than landline
FierceVoIP, June 29, 2009
Alcatel-Lucent’s Market Advantage Program released results of a global study of how the recessionary climate is affecting consumer spending on specific telecommunications services that surprisingly found consumers much less likely to cut back on landline spend than either free or paid VoIP services. Seventy-four percent of the 3,200 respondents said they considered their landline telephone an “essential network-based service” they would not reduce spending on due to economic pressure. Only 32 percent of participants said the same for their paid VoIP service. As you would expect, respondents said they were less likely to cut back on free VoIP services, as 48 percent considered them essential.