Can I talk on the telephone over the Internet?

Can I talk on the telephone over the Internet?

You can now, through the magic of voice-over-internet protocol. What's been happening magically is of course since we have the connection to virtually anybody throughout the world via the worldwide web, since data transmission speeds have gotten fast enough to be able to convert your voice into information in real-time, it is now possible to use the Internet as your phone line, as the backbone of your voice communications to talk to anybody all over the world. Check out Skype, check out Vonage. There's actually lots of little services out there you haven't even heard of that will let you do this.