Reaching out over computers can cut costs dramatically
By ELIZABETH LAZAROWITZ
DAILY NEWS BUSINESS WRITER
Horacio Levin of Uruguay takes calls from pal Carlos Ronisky over the Web.
Julie Blank uses VoIP to connect with her brother in Israel.
With family and friends in such far-flung places as Hong Kong and Argentina, Carlos Ronisky used to run up hefty phone bills just trying to keep in touch.
Then he heard about VoIP. It may sound like the name of an energy drink, but it's actually an emerging phone service that routes calls over the Internet to make talk cheaper.
An acronym for Voice over Internet Protocol, VoIP has exploded in recent years. Use has more than doubled in the past year, according to TeleGeography Research, and experts expect the growth to continue.
Ronisky, who lives in Manhattan and works as a marketing manager at a New York bank, dumped his landline and switched to Internet phone provider Vonage last year. He's saved $600 - which he plans to spend on a video iPod. "I used to be paying $75 to $80 a month. Now, my average bill is about $20," he said.
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