Consumer Internet Telephony Product Ready for Retail
Launch; NetConnect Allows Consumer Toll-Free Calling
Will work with IDTC's Net2Phone
[[All, Appliques like this one will reduce users' resistance to using PC-to-PC and PC-to-Phone in the future.
Most of the information workers I know sit at or near a computer for at least 6 to 8 hours a day, when they aren't wasting time at meetings, and then go home and sit another ungodly amount of time at the box. Guilty as Charged!
Plugging a phone into the back of a computer, as one would into a wall outlet, should be a no brainer. And many of the causes of delays on 'net calls in the past were due to, in part, the slower bus and processor speeds of older machines.
Don't count the PC-to-x model out, just yet.
Frank C.]]
August 27, 1998
GERMANTOWN, Md., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ via
NewsEdge Corporation -- e-Net, Inc., an international
leader in advanced data telephony products, today
announced the launch of a large-scale retail sales
initiative for its consumer product NetConnect(TM). A
full-duplex telephony card, NetConnect enables
consumers to plug their telephones into their PCs to
make high-quality, toll-free long distance calls over the
Internet as well as talk and surf simultaneously on one
line.
NetConnect's full-duplex (two-way) capabilities allow
consumers to use ordinary analog telephones to utilize
sophisticated Internet telephony technology. Home
users install the NetConnect boards into the back of their
PCs and plug their telephones into the NetConnect jack.
Any type of ordinary analog telephones are compatible
with NetConnect, including cordless and speaker
phones, eliminating the need to communicate through a
microphone and speakers.
"NetConnect presents an exciting opportunity for the
home computer user to communicate clearly, easily and
inexpensively over the Internet and we anticipate a great
deal of success in this retail venture," said Robert
Veschi, President and CEO of e-Net, Inc. "It is our goal
for NetConnect customers to be able to purchase the
product at leading consumer electronics stores
nationwide by early 1999."
Veschi pointed out that calls made from one phone
connected to the Internet via a PC to another similarly
connected PC avoid substantial long- distance charges,
with the only significant cost involved being their
monthly Internet service provider (ISP) charge.
NetConnect users can also make global calls to regular
telephone users, using IDT's Net2Phone software, which
comes bundled with NetConnect. Net2Phone routes the
call to the ISP closest to the calling destination, and then
it interconnects into the telephone system. Net2Phone
charges competitive per minute rates on international
phone calls usually at a savings over traditional
international long-distance rates.
"NetConnect customers will benefit from the same
technology e-Net developed for commercial use, which
has been highly-acclaimed with the Internet telephony
industry and employed by Fortune 500 companies,"
added Veschi.
Information on purchasing Netconnect can be found
online at enetconnect.com.
e-Net, Inc. (Nasdaq: ETEL) is a recognized leader in
developing, marketing, and supporting open
telecommunications software and associated hardware
that enable local, national, and international telephone
communications, information exchange, and network
optimization.
SOURCE e-Net, Inc.
/CONTACT: for Media: Lisa Sion, 703-288-7368, or
Chuck Taylor, 703-288-7369; or for Investors: Doug
Poretz, 703-506-1778 ext. 222, all for e-Net/ /Web site:
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