| The days of expensive hotel phone bills are over, with | | | | the Internet, the charge is usually much lower than the |
| the rise of more and more hotels offering broadband | | | | cost of making just one 10 minute call to the US.The |
| Internet service to their customer, Internet telephone | | | | Residence Inn in New Haven Connecticut has become |
| use is on the rise. With a broadband connection | | | | one of the first hotels to offer free VoIP service to |
| provided by the hotel, users can now use Voice over | | | | their customers. Adam Dubroff of TravelGlue, the |
| Internet Protocol or VoIP to stay connected with their | | | | company that wired the Residence Inn for VoIP, told |
| family, friends and office. This is especially good news | | | | CNN. "Until now, hotel guests have paid a premium for |
| to oversea travelers as the rate to call back to the | | | | the convenience of long distance service, which was |
| United States is extremely high in most international | | | | appropriate when there were no cell phones and it |
| hotels. While most hotels do have a charge to access | | | | really was a convenience. |