VERIZON: VERIATIONS FREEDOM
$50 to $60 a month
(varies by city) verizon.com
Features: Unlimited local, regional toll calls and interstate calls within the United States, Canada and U.S. territories. You’ll also earn a $5-a-month discount on any Verizon Wireless plan. Add-ons: Get DSL for another $34.95 a month.
MCI: THE NEIGHBORHOOD
$49.99 to $69.99 a month
(varies by city) mci.com
Features: Unlimited local, regional toll and interstate calls. Add-ons: There’s a fee if you use more than 5,000 minutes of dial-up Internet service. But if you’re online that much, you have bigger problems.
BROADVIEW NETWORKS NO LIMITS PLUS
$49.95 a month
broadviewnet.com
Features: “No limits”? It’s only on the East Coast, and there are caps: 500 local calls and 300 minutes of long distance and regional toll calling. Add-ons: DSL’s just $25.
ATT UNLIMITED
$19.95 a month
att.com
Features: That covers all local calls. You can get unlimited long distance for another $19.95. Add-ons: It’s $12.50 a month more for caller ID, call waiting and three-way conferencing (features included in all the other packages).
