The price of home phone service has dropped 30 percent since 1999. Surely, say the analysts, that trend line will eventually plummet all the way to zero. Surely, thanks to the Internet's ability ...

The $1.3 million that was axed would've brought air-conditioning to some state prisons and free phone calls to inmates ...

Some $200 in “discounted” calling charges later — which added up to less than two hours of phone time — I realized that what I bought was an expensive lesson on international dialing.

Here's a look at what you can use to make free phone calls (without using up mobile phone minutes) and any caveats you need to know. Free calls to any U.S., Canadian number.

Sure, this software lets you make free "phone calls," computer to computer, anywhere in the world. But it wasn't the first such program, it's not the most feature-laden, and it's still a mystery ...

The creators of the popular file-sharing program Kazaa are stepping into a new direction with their peer-to-peer technology: free telephone calls over the Internet. Using Kazaa, users can download ...

Google Voice offers free phone numbers to users, and you can receive calls on all your devices at once. The number works both on smartphones and the web, so whether you’re on your phone, tablet ...

Free phone calls will also be available in juvenile halls and camps run by the Probation Department. Current calls charge 'exorbitant fees' The jail population in L.A. County is more than 14,000.

Like subway turnstiles and slot machines, the telephone is a traditional target for those Americans with a yen for outwitting the machine age. Before science developed the foolproof pay phone, ...

Two years after pledging to make phone calls free to their 13,000 people incarcerated in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Board issued a deadline in July to make phone calls accessible by Dec. 1.

Looking for an easy way to get a second phone number? Our handy guide will get you up and running with an alternative number for calls and texting in no time.