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To: Mark Brophy who wrote (896)	7/24/1996 4:42:00 AM
From: James F. Hopkins	of 1585724

Hi Mark: The internet phone will work ok , on the intrnet, very small delay, most people will give up to soon, as the biggest problem is modem speed for them..like I have a 28.8 and thats ok, it'l do the job, BUT, it's the providers modems..belive it or not most of the providers are stll running 14.4 or slower modems, and they are not going to just toss them in the trash... so that's the big hang up, AOL is so slow it hurts.. as they get the bugs out of this internet phone, and modem speeds go up ( on both sides ) then it'll fly, but it might get a bad rep early on..new providers are putting in faster modems..but I don't know of any who have upgraded...that's the rub..how fast is the modem your talking to at the server.. if I go onto a BBS i can tell the dif..as most sysops stay up to speed , but not so with internet providers..as far as the internet goes it'l be able to handel it..won't ever be like a regular phone line but it'l come very close..however the quaity of the persons voice will actually be better...digitized quality..the users will learn to adjust to the slight delay..other than that it's going to be real good..if they don't start taxing the hell out of it. jim

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