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To: Grego who wrote (31806)	4/6/1998 10:55:00 AM
From: topwright	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41046

Grego, the last paragraph is key: Another important market for Internet telephony are corporate intranets. A large corporation can modify its Intranet and run intra-company voice and fax calls over it for as a little as a cent per minute. Companies like VocalTec and Netspeak are focusing their efforts on selling the hardware and software needed to convert corporate Intranets into voice networks. Since corporate Intranets connect company sites using special lines that bypass the local phone networks, access charges don't apply and the FCC proposal is a non-issue. Interestingly, both intra-corporate calls carried by the long distance networks and by Intranets bypass the local phone network and thereby avoid the associated access charges. Intranet calls are cheaper because they use spare network capacity.

To: Grego who wrote (31806)	4/6/1998 11:05:00 AM
From: Martin P. Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41046

The article highlights points that the "Laughing Stock" auditionees have failed to think about ( suprise,suprise ) and that is the following (emphasis mine). "The FCC proposal would not make a dent in the huge cost advantage enjoyed by international phone calls using Internet technology nor affect the attractiveness of placing calls on corporate Intranets using Internet phone technology." " Interestingly, both intra-corporate calls carried by the long distance networks and by Intranets bypass the local phone network and thereby avoid the associated access charges." If one thinks hard on these paragraphs then it becomes apparent that there is a loophole in the thinking on the whole concept of fees for VOIP. That is left as an exercise for the reader. Hopefully it will reduce the number of people mowing a lawn while screaming hysterically "The fees are coming. The Fees are coming !!!". Martin Smith