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To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (22337)	8/19/1998 12:09:00 AM
From: R. Gates	Respond to of 50264

Let's hope DGIV will do better...CHECK THIS OUT... Tuesday August 18 5:30 PM EDT Internet phone service fails to connect on 1st day PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A+Net, a California Internet service provider, Tuesday announced the test launch of an Internet telephony service that will enable customers in four U.S. cities to make long-distance calls at very low rates. There was just one problem -- the service didn't work. The company said it crossed signals with its partner, Ascend Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: ASND - news), which had planned a software upgrade on the launch day, causing the service to fail. ''Hopefully, we'll be back up tomorrow,'' said a spokesman for A+Net. A+Net, a small San Diego-based Internet service provider with about 4,000 customers, said it believed the system -- once it is up and running -- would revolutionize the way long-distance calls are made. Unlike many services being developed to transfer voice over the Internet, A+Net says its system is especially light on technology. The user on the receiving end of the call does not even have to have a computer for it to work. The service is available to all A+Net's customers. Once it is operating, they will be able to call anyone in four test cities: San Diego, New York, Alexandria, Va., and Atlanta. The initial cost of the service was set at 1 cent per minute, although A+Net said it would raise that to around 5 cents once it has gotten all the bugs out of the system. (Reuters/Wired) dailynews.yahoo.com