BuddyPhone is a utility that lets you place phone calls over the Internet with no additional charges. It has a slick, simple to use interface and offers high audio quality. You can use buddyPhone in conjunction with ICQ, and all of your ICQ contacts will automatically appear in your call menu. ICQ is not required, however, and buddyPhone is a full-featured call management system in its own right. It can auto-answer, block calls, and it can even work as an answering machine. You make calls by connecting directly to another user's IP address (buddyPhone includes an amenity that will tell you what your IP address is so other users can contact you). This version is free to use and it will display advertisement banners on your desktop. To get the non-advertising version, you have to pay $14.95 for personal, and $29.95 commercial use.