Patent ID: 8873542

Claim:
A computer program product for routing calls in a communication system, the computer program product comprising: non-transitory computer-executable storage medium comprising program code stored in the computer-executable storage medium, the computer program code comprising: program code that when executed by at least one processor within a phone network interface that is separate from a local access phone provider and from a local access Internet provider is configured to, determine whether to convert an analog signal of a phone call to a digital Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol phone call signal based on a called number to which the phone call is directed, selectively carry out one of routing the analog signal of the phone call, which is received from a phone, through an analog phone line for communication to the local access phone provider and across a public switched telephone network and routing the digital Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol phone call signal, which has been converted from the analog signal from the phone, to a broadband network modem device for communication to the local access Internet provider and across a packet switched network.