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Here's another difference between residential VOIP and the digital phone service offered by your cable company: Residential VOIP offers video calling and the cable company's digital broadband phone service does not. Go figure... the cable company doesn't offer video. Ironic, but at this time it's true. Many residential VOIP services offer video calling plans, using a special videophone or calling through the computer with a webcam and headset.