As the popularity of Internet phone service -- Voice over Internet Protocol -- continues to grow, two companies have made setting up the service at home a little bit easier. Normally, in order to get broadband phone service going, a customer would have to connect their DSL Internet connection or cable wire to a router, then connect that to a special VoIP adapter, and connect that to a phone.
But both New Jersey-based Vonage and Santa Clara-based 8x8 are now selling phones that have adapters and routers built into one appliance, so all customers need to do is plug their Internet DSL or cable wire right in.
Vonage's phone, the VTech IP8100-2, merges its router and adapter and comes with two cordless handsets to place around your house. 8x8's UIP 1868P phone, made by Uniden, combines router, adapter and phone all into one unit and includes one cordless handset. Both phones retail for about $150 plus the cost of monthly VoIP service, and are available in electronics stores throughout California, the companies
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