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Technology Stocks : Voice-on-the-net (VON), VoIP, Internet (IP) Telephony -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (2775)	6/20/1999 1:57:00 PM
From: Blazejay	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3178

>> Ah, but this is where the intelligent services come into play. Don't think about the "call" going to a particular computer, or specific physical device. Think about the model where you have a "switchboard" or "virtual PBX" that has fully integrated voice/video mail services. Now, when I go to call you I actually contact the "vPBX" and it knows how to route the call to you ... so it might notify you on your laptop in some hotel in another country if that's where you are ... or even at a airport kiosk ... and if not, it records the message ... << Neat. And makes sense, too. I think we're going to have to have a new model of phone, though...Instead of making my computer "ring", I guess the real solution would be make my phone more like my computer. Merge a palm-pilot with a cell-phone and give it an IP address. Take the phones on your desk and in your kids' rooms and give them IP addresses, too. Your vPBX server somehow senses which ones are "active" and rings you up when somebody calls. Of course I'll need to place calls via my new mini-PC/phone to non-IP-enabled phones, too. Somehow. These revelations are just dawning on me but I'm sure it's old news to the cognoscenti. ;) So Scott, how close are we to getting something like this? thanks, Jay p.s. another interesting new technology is General Magic's (GMGC) "MyTalk": a service that reads your email and turns it into a synthesized voice message, which you can then retrieve via an 800 number. I signed up for it and tried it. It's interesting but I'm failing to see the widespread use; really, it'd be more of an add-on service IMO.