AT&T Begins Internet Telephony Trial In Atlanta
Thursday May 21, 9:55 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: AT&T
AT&T Begins Internet Telephony Trial In Atlanta For
Release Thursday, May 21, 1998
ATLANTA, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T (NYSE: T - news) announced that today a limited
market trial of its new Internet telephony phone-to-phone interstate calling service begins in the
greater Atlanta area.
With AT&T Connect 'N Save(R) Service, phone-to-phone calls are carried over AT&T's Internet
Protocol (IP) backbone network. This enables AT&T Connect 'N Save calls to be carried with a
level of quality that is higher than what is typically found with calls carried over the public Internet.
AT&T Connect 'N Save customers will pay just 8.5 cents per-minute for all calls to U.S. locations
from Atlanta. This per-minute rate applies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There is also a $2.00
monthly minimum usage for each AT&T Connect 'N Save account; this minimum usage amount is
waived through September 30, 1998.
Customers will prepay via credit card for a set amount of calling using AT&T Connect 'N Save
Service - in units of $25, $50 or $100. As they make calls, the service automatically informs them
of the balance in their AT&T Connect 'N Save account, which can be replenished at any time with
their credit card.
''This market trial launches AT&T into the new world of IP phone-to-phone voice
communications,'' said Howard McNally, AT&T vice president, transaction services. ''We are
offering people another choice for their calling needs, and a way to use the newest technology at a
great price from the industry leader.''
AT&T Connect 'N Save calls will have good sound quality, with conversation that is clear to both
the calling and called parties. Experts from AT&T Labs have worked to minimize the delays
sometimes associated with Internet telephony calls.
No computer equipment of any kind is needed to use the service. Callers dial a local access
number and, after a prompt, enter their authorization code. They then dial the number they want to
call.
AT&T Connect 'N Save Service is available to both AT&T customers and non- AT&T
customers. Consumers do not need to change their long-distance carrier to sign up for AT&T
Connect 'N Save Service.
Atlanta area residents who are within the local calling area for the service are eligible to sign up for
the AT&T Connect 'N Save trial. However, the company is limiting the number of trial
participants. To get more information or to sign up, consumers may visit the AT&T web site,
att.com, or they may call 1-800-345-0995 between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Eastern time, Monday through Friday. (The 800 number will be closed on Memorial Day,
Monday, May 25, 1998.) Registrations for the trial will be taken on a first-come, first-served
basis.
The company is also conducting the market trial of AT&T Connect 'N Save Service in Boston and
San Francisco.
SOURCE: AT&T
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