US subscribers to Internet-based telephone services grew 21% to 6.9 million in the second quarter of 2006. This exciting business voip technology allows you to take your phone number with you anywhere you travel. You may be able to use your service wherever you travel as long as you have a broadband Internet connection available. With business voip you will be able to transfer you old telephone number to your new service provider.

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You can have as many lines you want and each additional line is billed at the same rate as a single line. A virtual phone is a piece of software that sits on your computer that acts like a regular phone. This technology converts the voice signal from your telephone into a digital signal that travels over the Internet. Comcast, which launched its service more slowly than most of its cable rivals, posted a 73% jump in users. Vonage remained the industry leader with 1.8 million subscriber lines as of 2006.

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Be aware that some services don't work during power outages and the service provider may not offer backup power. Some estimates have suggested that worldwide revenue of this new technology will hit the $96 billion mark by 2011. The people you call do not need to have a computer to communicate with you. When you pick up the phone with business voip and dial a phone number the phone adapter (black box) converts your voice into data and sends the data through the Internet in a similar manner to an email message.