Monday, November 23, 2009

Best Buy Sells Phone Power Nationwide

Best Buy now is distributing the "Phone Power" VoIP service nationwide. That's a pretty big boost for any retailer, and especially so for an independent VoIP provider aware that the market is consolidating and that scale is sorely needed.

Phone Power costs $19.95 per month with no contract, $16.95 with a one-year contract and $14.95 for a two-year contract. The service offers unlimited calling within the United States and Canada and 60 international minutes in 88 countries.

The Best Buy offering includes a two-line home adapter as well as a USB travel adapter. It sells for $79.95, and comes with a $79.95 instant service credit to be applied when the customer activates service on an eligible one or two year service plan.

It isn't clear yet whether Best Buy also will be actively selling Phone Power business packages, which come in both multi-line and single-line versions, offering unlimited inbound calling and 5,000 minutes of outbound calling with auto-attendant feature, and other popular business features, included on multi-line packages.

2 comments:

Scott Wharton said...

What does this mean for Best Buy's own internal SpeakEasy service (doesn't seem very positive...)?

Gary Kim said...

Hi Scott. My sense is that this is aimed more at consumers than business users. But you are right. The service is available in business-centered packages.

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