You may be surprised to find out that there are several ways for you to keep in touch with your family and friends - for free! We're not kidding! Keep reading...

Your family and friends can call you for free.

Dialpad.com allows your friends and family at home, wherever they are, to make unlimited free long-distance phone calls to anyone in the U.S. It provides the convenience of calling without disconnecting from the Internet and there is no complicated download or installation. Don't worry about phone bills anymore. Enjoy your phone conversations for as long as you want!

Free fax service

The fastest and easiest way to receive faxes and voice mail - whether you're on the road, at school, or working from home. eFax allows you to receive messages by email, or receive wireless notification, for FREE!

Free voice mail

eVoice offers free voice mail services. While you are enjoying your free long distance calls through the Internet, you don't want to miss other incoming calls. Why bother paying for a second phone line? You can be notified via email immediately upon receiving a voicemail message, or you can choose to have your voicemail messages attached to your email as an audio file, so you can listen to them right away.Check it out - here is the right solution for you.

Free Internet services

You may consider these free ISP services if your school does not provide free dial up connections. Some schools may not support modem speeds up to 56 Kbps while these free ISPs usually do. Try them out. After all, it costs you nothing.

• Netzero provides free, reliable Internet service access, free e-mail, and navigational tools that are fun and easy to use. All you need to do is to give NetZero basic demographic and geographic information along with data on your hobbies and interests.

• Juno's basic service provides full internet access and e-mail, for free. In return, Juno displays a banner ad on top of your browser. This is one of the few free ISPs that support Windows NT.