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AOL is also offering a free local telephone number, which a subscriber can choose to keep even when they move to another city, and voicemail that's accessible through the PC. Subscribers can also receive and send text messages to mobile phones.
The paid service, called AIM Phoneline Unlimited, is expected to cost $9.95 a month for a limited time. Beyond the intro period, the service would cost $14.95 a month. AOL believes the paid service would be attractive to home and small businesses, particularly people selling on EBay Inc. or doing some other form of e-commerce.
AOL Phoneline would be available in the top 50 U.S. metropolitan areas, covering 80 percent of the nation's population, AOL said. Partner Broadwing Communications LLC would run the VoIP infrastructure.