AT&T Launches New Residential VoIP Plan

AT&T (www.att.com) introduced an unlimited local version of its popular residential broadband phone service called AT&T CallVantageSM Local Plan.

"The AT&T CallVantage Local Plan was designed to serve the needs of those customers who make relatively few long distance calls, but who are looking for an economical, feature-rich, local service alternative," said Cathy Martine, AT&T senior vice president for Internet Telephony.

For $19.99 per month, customers receive unlimited local calling and access to the entire AT&T CallVantage Service advanced feature set. All local toll and long distance calling in the U.S. and to Canada will be billed at $0.04 a minute. International calling will be billed by the minute at rates on average 50 percent less than the company's leading offers. The new calling plan will become available October 17.

All AT&T CallVantage Service customers also receive a "Home Wiring Do-It-Yourself Guide" with each self-install kit that provides step-by-step instructions for connecting the service to multiple home phones to replicate the traditional home calling environment and make the most efficient use of their existing telephone equipment.

For those homeowners who prefer that a trained technician perform the work, AT&T has a fee-based inside wiring service to reconfigure existing lines and telephone jacks, install additional jacks if required, and provide limited assistance with service set-up.