Most of us grow up using landlines, and so they seem second nature to us. But we’re almost always hit with a rock when we pause to reflect on the prices they can help pile up: typical costs are anywhere between $15 and $30 a month , whereas long-distance calling can mushroom up to $30 to $45 a month. Add international calling to the mix, and you’ve got a monster of a problem on your hands. Then there are the additional costs: the taxes, the insurance and maintenance, the buying of different phones for different locations, so on and so forth. The Compound Effect of Phone Bill Costs Little by little, these costs keep piling up, and cause a big dent in your monthly expenditure. But that’s one dent that can be undone with the help of VoIP—Voice Over Internet Protocols. True to its name, VoIP gives you internet protocol to make local, long-distance, and international calls for free or for negligible costs. And if you’re wondering how to make the switch from landline to