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(COMTEX) B: PhoneFree.com Adds New "All You Can Call" Web-to-Phone Se
B: PhoneFree.com Adds New "All You Can Call" Web-to-Phone Service; Keeping it
Simple for Consumers With Low Monthly Flat Rate Billing
NEW YORK, Dec 10, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- "The Web Discovers Its Voice,
" exclaims a recent New York Times article on Internet Telephony, the
technology that makes it possible to turn your PC into a telephone and,
eventually - to make your old phone obsolete altogether.
Internet Telephony gives Internet users a whole range of voice
communications services at a fraction of the price that non-Internet
based companies demand. For instance, PhoneFree.com, the fastest
growing Internet telephony company, has always offered completely free
PC-to-PC long-distance service. Now, PhoneFree will add "All you can
call(SM)" flat rate long distance service for those who want to make
web-to-phone or PC-to-phone calls. This flat rate service--the first of
its kind--is provided by Access Power, Inc. (OTCBB:ACCR). Now, users do
not have to count minutes while they are talking: you know exactly what
you are paying, and you know what your bill is going to be each month.
With PhoneFree, there are no cents per minute charges, no bidding for
low rates, no gimmicks and no confusing phone bills, unlike the calling
plans consumers have to put up with from traditional phone companies.
PhoneFree.com's customers can now make as many PC-to-phone calls as
they want, and talk for as long as they want, for an incredibly low
monthly fee: $15.00/month anywhere in the U.S (including Alaska and
Hawaii), Canada and Puerto Rico. For these low rates, customers will
get 100% reliable service--guaranteed connections at all times with
high digital sound quality that is superior to other PC-to-phone
services, and even better than many existing phone-to-phone services.
"Our pledge is to always, always, always keep it simple for consumers,"
said Jan Horsfall, PhoneFree.com's CEO and President, "Consumers can
make unlimited long distance calls using their PCs, and forget paying
those cents per minute charges from the big telephone companies and
most of the web-to-phone service providers. Our goal is to liberate the
consumer from all the restrictions of the old phone companies. It's a
fact that less than 4% of their users understand their calling plans.
To help 'free yourself from the plain old telephone system,' PhoneFree
is the choice."
"Internet users already know how using their PC can save time--from
e-mail to e-shopping. Now, it can also save them money," Glenn Smith,
CEO and President of Access Power, said. "As a pioneer Internet
telephony carrier, we feel that Access Power's unique service,
PhoneFree's consumer base and the new 'All you can call' plan will be a
winning combination."
In addition to providing the new "All you can call(SM)" flat rate
PC-to-phone long-distance service, PhoneFree.com continues to offer its
flagship free PC-to-PC long distance, with additional features such as:
voice and video conferencing, a white-page directory, caller ID, voice
mail, compatibility with other Internet phones, and pioneering visuals
such as "pop-up" bubble chat.
PhoneFree.com is a leading interactive multimedia communications
company offering innovative Internet phone service. The company's
proprietary Internet-based software provides consumers with trusted,
easy-to-use, state-of-the-art and free PC-to-PC calling anywhere in the
world. PhoneFree.com's software can be easily and quickly downloaded by
going to the company's web site at www.phonefree.com.
Since 1996, Access Power, Inc., has been a pioneer global carrier of
Internet-based PC-to-phone, phone-to-phone and web-to-phone services.
For more information on Access Power, Inc., visit the company's website
at www.accesspower.com.
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CONTACT: Dan Klores Associates, Inc.
Aram Sabet, 212/981-5244
aram.sabet@dkanews.com
or
PhoneFree.com
Ken Hom, Communications
212/571-9955
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SOFTWARE
INTERNET
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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