Pondering VOIP,maybe is good for me!

I have been thinking a lot lately about getting a VOIP phone service. For those not in the know VOIP allows people to make phone calls using their internet connection instead of the usual phone line which can work out to be far cheaper or free as instead of paying the full cost of the call, the call travels via the internet instead of phone lines. From a hardware perspective, the average user can start with an adapter for a standard telephone. Looking at my own ISP i would save considerable money on calls as all outgoing calls would be via the VOIP and i would keep my number and phone line for incoming calls. Over long distance or international the savings are even bigger and well worth looking into.