In December Verizon started the test run of the Home Phone Service in New York as well as Connecticut and after only two months they have gone national with it. With the national trial you are able to purchase the home service for $19.99 per month or for an additional $9.99 you can add the service to an existing family plan. The $19.99 plan will allow you to make unlimited calls nationwide. The $9.99 plan will essentially put a new phone line to your existing coverage, so if you have 700 minutes it is now divided between the lines that are on your plan.
No matter which plan you chose, a home phone plan will allow you to make calls from a normal phone that is connected to a Wireless Station, very similar to a router for Internet. This new service will change the way home phone service is provided as well as being a cost effective alternative for people who use landlines over cell phones. Customers will also be glad to hear that all of the features of a normal phone service will still be included in their calling features.
People will still be able to have caller ID, call waiting, call forwarding, and everything you would expect from any other normal service provider. Providers like AT&T and mycricket.com are offering some cool plans which are equally economical to those of Verizon.
Home phone service has come to be something less and less utilized due to the cost and overall convenience of cell phones. Verizon is bring out all of the stops to make sure that the home phone service is not forgot because of inconvenience. This strategy might just bring back what most people thought was a dying part of the phone industry.