Linksys, AT&T Team for Consumer VoIP

Starting in mid-October AT&T, in partnership with industry-leader Linksys (a division of Cisco Systems), will begin offering Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to home users across the country. The service, available to AT&T's CallVantage customers, will utilize custom-designed hardware to provide broadband Internet access, along with affordable domestic and international long-distance calling.

To take advantage of the nationwide VoIP service, which lets users make telephone calls over their broadband Internet connection, users will need to have broadband Internet access at home—either DSL or cable—and then purchase a Linksys Wired Router with 2 Phone Ports or a Wireless-G Router with 2 phone ports.


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