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on VoIP savings for government "In the IP environment, voice services can also be provided much more efficiently. IP technology allows for more efficient routing of calls than traditional circuit-switching. These efficiencies enable more innovative service packages. Current VoIP offerings allow customers that have a broadband connection to place unlimited calls anywhere in the country for a single, low monthly price. The Alexis de Tocqueville Institution concluded earlier this year that government at all levels could save $3–10 billion annually—up to 60% of their current phone bills—by replacing circuit-switched service with VoIP. You should not, however, think of VoIP as 'cheap phone service.' It promises to be lower-cost, yes, but with a host of new communications management features and options that go well beyond today's 'plain old telephone service.' "Allowing VoIP to develop in the marketplace is a critical step to bringing this Nation into the digital age. AT&T; welcomes the fact that many Members of Congress support a hands-off approach to VoIP and have introduced legislation that would bring the benefits of competition and innovation to the telecommunications marketplace. Congressman Pickering, for example, has proposed a deregulatory approach to VoIP that acknowledges the need to reform the current subsidy system and allow this nascent service to flourish." House Judiciary Committee Return to VOIP savings updates page.
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