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Phone Power currently offers service throughout the U.S. and Canada. In the US is one of the most popular providers, the largest privately held VoIP provider and a direct competition to incumbents. In Canada Phone Power has a growing subscriber base, with a marked increase in Phone Power popularity. In September 2009, Phone Power announced the acquisition of all residential Broadvox Direct VoIP customers. With this acquisition, Phone Power expanded its coverage into Canada. In November 2009 Best Buy and Phone Power announced the availability of the Phone Power Retail Combo Pack in all Best Buy stores in the USA. In January