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