Verizon brings long awaited VoIP to FiOS

Verizon discontinued its Voice Wing VoIP service back in 2009, but has been testing its FiOS VoIP offering in select markets since 2008. Finally, the company has announced that the service is available to consumers.

FiOS Digital Voice has been launched in 11 states and the District of Columbia. The company said that they would be offering it to business customers as well in the future. The prior voice service offered to FiOS custumers called Freedom Essentials was actually a PSTN-based calling service.

Upgrading to IP calling will not cost Verizon customers anything and will provide new features like calls showing up on FiOS connected television sets and live voicemail screening which would allow users to listen in on a voicemail message as it's being recorded and pick up the call if they want to talk to that person.

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