Alan bell, a professional number cruncher, thought he was paying too much for phone service. So last year he dropped Sprint Corp. and turned to Vonage Holdings Corp. for its Internet phone service, which sends voice calls over the same networks that transport Net data. Now his auditing firm, ARB Consulting Inc. in Plant City, Fla., gets unlimited domestic phone service and a dedicated fax line for $55 a month, about 75% less than what he paid before. He also enjoys new features, such as the ability to check records of calls on the Web. "It does the same thing that a regular phone does, and more. Why not save the money?" Bell says.
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