Make Internet calls using Internet phones

How to get started with internet telephony

The only thing you need to start making internet phone calls is a high-speed internet connection (broadband) and a Vonage phone adapter, which turns your normal home phone into an internet phone. If you choose Vonage for your internet phone service, you choose the equipment that’s appropriate for your particular broadband / router set up. As soon as you receive your phone adaptor, you can get started right away with your Vonage internet phone service, and make your first free internet calls. You can read through common queries about internet calls in our FAQs section.

What's different about our internet calls?

Traditionally, internet phones allow you to make calls from one computer to another, using a headset. The drawback is that you have to be at your computer in order to make an internet call. Vonage’s internet phone service is different. It uses a Vonage phone adaptor to connect your home phone to your broadband modem or router. Vonage routes calls over your internet connection, just like most internet phone service providers. The difference is that you make and receive cheap and free internet calls from your normal home phone.

In practice, this means two things. First, unlike some internet phone services, you aren’t restricted to making free calls only to other computers, or only to people who have signed up to the same provider. With Vonage, you can make internet calls to other landlines and mobiles. Second, you can use your normal phone the same always. When you want to make internet calls, you don't have to do so from your computer. In fact, your computer doesn't even need to be switched on in order for you to make internet phone calls.

Other benefits of Vonage’s internet phones service

Because of the way that Vonage works, there are a range of extra benefits to choosing Vonage for to make internet phone calls.

The Vonage internet telephony service allows you to choose a dialling code. You can choose from a wide range of local and national UK area codes. You can make internet calls to clients as though you were local to them, even though you may be calling from another UK city or town. Likewise, your friends and family can call you on your internet phone number on a local rate to them, even if you are out of town.

With Vonage as your internet phone, you can set up a Virtual phone number as a second ‘virtual’ number to your account. Friends, family or customers who live in another city or country can then call you whenever they want, but pay no more than the price of a local call.

The Vonage Softphone gives you the option of making internet telephone calls to landlines and mobiles from your laptop or PC.

All Vonage to Vonage calls are free and unlimited.

If you’re ready to start using internet phones, you can sign up today and start making cheap and free internet phone calls.