It’s not the same-old, same-old. voiceglo offers phone calls over the Internet for, get this, DIAL-UP as well as broadband users. The information on their site is pretty sparse as to the particulars but it looks like you can use your existing phones if you have a broadband connection, otherwise you have to use one of their free USB phones. Apparently they are a full-fledged telephone service provider as you get an actual phone number (how else would someone call you?). The good news is you get to pick the area code you want. I can’t tell what area codes they serve as their area code map won’t come up on my machine for some reason.
Prices look good. Since they operate over your existing Internet connection, you’ll have to keep a wireline provider.