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| | Finally, Internet phone calls that work. By Peter Rojas |
 | | And if that's not enough to convince you, how about this: Because Vonage is classified by the FCC as a data service rather than a phone service, there is only one annoying tax or surcharge to pay, a 3 percent federal excise tax. |
 | | In addition, all calls to other Vonage customers are free, so if you have family in, say, Germany, you can give them a Vonage adapter (as long as they have the required high-speed Internet connection), and you can talk to them to your heart's content without paying an extra nickel. |
 | | Vonage means that you can finally call up Verizon or Pacific Bell or Ameritech and tell them you don't need them or their poor customer service, inflated prices, and bloated bureaucracies. |
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