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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2072)12/9/1998 8:50:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 3178
 
Internet Fax Alert: How To Make Money in Fax Over IP... or: Why ISPs are Failing and What You Should Do To Profit

Business Editors

VORHEES, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1998-- Just in time for
the holidays, a road map for successfully selling point to point and enhanced
fax services.
Market researchers agree, in the next decade, billions of dollars in fax
transmission revenue will shift from traditional carriers, CLECs and PTTs
worldwide to Next Generation Telcos, Internet Fax Service Bureaus and
ISPs.
"The problem is, these organizations have no experience selling fax, and
are therefore failing," explains Maury Kauffman, managing partner of The
Kauffman Group, an enhanced fax technology and services consulting firm.
According to IDC, this year's global bill for fax transmissions will be $83
billion, growing to $90 billion by the year 2000. "The world is sending more
and more faxes every year and the advent of email and the Internet has only
increased fax's growth," remarks Kauffman.
"Clearly, we are moving to a Fax Over IP world, initially for the cost
savings made available by tariff arbitrage and eventually, due to the
enhanced features and services FoIP permits."
The How To Make Money in Fax Over IP Report examines: 1) The
traditional enhanced fax service bureau industry and history; 2) The trend
toward Fax Over IP; 3) The current state of the Fax Over IP industry:
Who's Doing What With Whom; 4) What you need to understand, to do
and NOT to do, with emphasis on sales and marketing strategies and
techniques, to sell fax successfully and profitably.
Kauffman declares: "This report begins with the basics and history, so you
won't reinvent the wheel. It then drills all the way down to discuss what
users want and provides examples of successes and failures. Concise and
to-the-point, gleamed from my eight years of experience of personally selling
and advising on selling fax services."
Not a market research report: "You will NOT find any numbers or
projections," demanded Kauffman, "I'm writing this report specifically to
teach how and what to do and, more specifically, what NOT to do. I'm tired
of seeing companies fail at selling fax, it's retarding the entire global fax
industry."
The Kauffman Group's consulting fax services clients include: AT&T,
FaxSav, IBM, Premiere Technologies/Xpedite Systems, Sprint and
USWest.
Some of the companies highlighted in the How To Make Money in Fax
Over IP or: Why ISPs are Failing and What You Should Do To Profit
Report include: AT&T (NYSE:T), Bell Atlantic (NYSE:BEL), Brooktrout
Technology (NASDAQ:BRKT), Castelle (NASDAQ:CSTL),
CommercePath (NASDAQ:AVTC), Concentric (NASDAQ:CNCX),
Dialogic Corp (NASDAQ:DLGC), DotComFax, Fax2Net, FaxBack,
FaxNet, FaxSav Inc. (NASDAQ:FAXX), GraphNet, GRIC, GTE,
Interfax, Intergram, International Telcom Ltd, Internet Magic, JFax.com,
Link2It, MCI WorldCom (NASDAQ:WCOM), Natural MicroSystems
(NASDAQ:NMSS), NetCentric, ICG Netcom (NASDAQ:ICGX),
NetXchange, NKO, Omtool Ltd. (NASDAQ:OMTL), Open Port
Technology, Optus Software, Panasonic, PSINet (NASDAQ:PSIX),
RightFAX (NASDAQ:AVTC), Unifi Communications, US West
(NYSE:USW), UUNet (NASDAQ:WCOM), Voice & Data Systems,
Xpedite Systems (NASDAQ:PTEK).
The How To Make Money in Fax Over IP Report will save ISPs, Next
Generation Telcos, Internet Fax Service Bureaus and Fax Server
Manufacturers countless hours on their learning curve. Senior management
and sales and marketing executives will use this Report as a blueprint to
profitability.
Any organization hoping to profit from the coming billion dollar shift in fax
transmissions should begin here.
How To Make Money in Fax Over IP or Why ISPs are Failing and
What You Should Do To Profit is pre-published priced at US $2,495 or
($2,995 after Jan. 15, 1999.) As an added bonus, all paid orders received
by Jan. 15, 1999 will receive an autographed copy of Maury Kauffman's
second book Internet and Computer Based Faxing.
The Bible of the global fax industry, Internet and Computer Based
Faxing, The Complete Guide to Understanding and Building IP and G3 Fax
Applications is 460 pages, including 38 chapters, a glossary, and index.
To order The How To Make Money in Fax Over IP Report and receive
your free, autographed book, go to: kauffmangroup.com for an
Order Form or for more information: Report@KauffmanGroup.com
Founded in 1990, The Kauffman Group Inc.
kauffmangroup.com is an enhanced fax technology and
services analysis and consulting firm. Respected worldwide as an authority
on fax, managing partner, Maury Kauffman's second book: Internet and
Computer Based Faxing is now available.
Kauffman is the Life in the Fax Lane columnist for Computer Telephony
magazine and has written for over 30 other publications. A perennial
speaker at technology and communications conferences on three continents,
Kauffman has been a featured speaker at, VON (Voice on the Net),
ISPCon, NetWorld+Interop, Computer Telephony Expo, Internet World
US & UK, Fax On the Net, FaxDirections, FaxWorld and FaxAsia.
His clients include: AT&T, AVT/RightFAX, Brooktrout, Dialogic,
FaxSav, IBM, Ibex Technologies, Premiere Technologies/Xpedite Systems,
Sprint, US West and nearly a dozen of the fax industry's most recognizable
companies.
Maury Kauffman can be reached at: 609/651-1651, Fax: 609/651-1652
or maury@kauffmangroup.com or contact Virginia Simon, PMI at:
610/270-0172



To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2072)12/10/1998 9:06:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 3178
 
Good article: New High Speed Access Coalition Formed to Ensure Affordable Data Services for the Home Market; HiSAC Will Advocate for Competition in the Last Telecommunications Monopoly

December 10, 1998

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)Formation of the
High Speed Access Coalition (HiSAC) as an
advocate for competition in providing data
services to the home market was announced
today.

The new coalition also announced the
appointment of David Wilson as executive
director and general counsel. HiSAC's mission
is to eliminate the last remaining
telecommunications monopoly -- the delivery
of high-speed data services to homes.

"Millions of Americans want affordable high
speed Internet access for their home, but
they're being held hostage by the Baby Bell
companies that are trying to preserve their
monopoly control over data services for the
residential market," said Wilson.

HiSAC is an advocacy group acting on behalf
of households, home/office businesses and
telecommuters who now have only one
company -- their local Baby Bell -- to get
high-speed data services such as DSL
(Digital Subscriber Line).

The Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) and the California Public Utilities
Commission (PUC) are now considering
whether Baby Bell companies must offer new
DSL companies equal access to the local
phone networks. Unfortunately, one or both
commissions may make a hurried decision on
the issue without adequate input from public
interest and consumer groups that are trying
to prevent the Baby Bells from establishing a
new monopoly.

"This is about monopoly power over the 'last
mile of copper' for home access to
high-speed Internet service," Wilson said.
"Consumers have their choice of several long
distance carriers and mobile phone services,
but they still have only one choice when it
comes to DSL service. The FCC and California
PUC must avoid a rush to judgement until
consumers have had a fair opportunity to
make their opinions heard."

DSL is a new technology that gives
consumers the same high-speed data
capacity that businesses now have. DSL
technology also makes it possible to connect
to the Internet over the same phone line
that carries a home's existing telephone
service. This breakthrough feature, known as
"line sharing," allows homes to add DSL
service without installing and paying for
another phone line.

DSL service is now being offered to
households on a limited basis by several
regional Baby Bell companies such as U.S.
West and SBC. Even though their DSL
service is no faster or better, these Baby Bell
companies are charging monthly rates at
least 100 percent higher than what new
Internet companies will charge.

Line Sharing Will Create Competition

While the newer companies offering DSL
service are asking the Baby Bells to share
local phone lines, Baby Bells and other large
companies, known as Independent Local
Exchange Carriers (ILECs), are trying to
prevent competitive access.

In many cases, ILECs insist that the newer
companies (known as Competitive Local
Exchange Carriers, or CLECs) provide both
voice and data service, a tactic that
unnecessarily raises the price that
consumers would have to pay. The tactic
has forced many of the original CLECs to
focus on providing DSL and telephone service
to the corporate market, where competition
is more open.

"If consumers are ever going to receive the
cost benefits that competition brings, the
federal government and states need to open
up local phone lines to innovation and spur
competition," said Wilson.

HiSAC is advocating freedom of choice for
consumers, allowing multiple companies to
compete for the privilege of providing data
services to the home without forcing them to
also provide traditional phone service. "Just
as consumers don't have to switch phone
companies when selecting a long distance
carrier, they should be able to select a data
service company that is different than the
company that provides their voice service,"
added Wilson.

Ending the "World Wide Wait"

Residential DSL service is an alternative
technology that is up to 10-20 times faster
than 56 Kbps modem-based Internet access.
It should not be confused with Internet
access offered by some cable television
companies.

"Although each company would establish its
own rates, HiSAC projections show that
proposed rates are considerably lower than
cable access or DSL access through existing
local phone companies," Wilson said.

Anyone who is tired of the "World Wide Wait"
would benefit by the availability of
high-speed access to the Internet.
"Telecommuters, home-based businesses,
students and others interested in finding
information and putting their time to the best
use possible are candidates for a high speed
connection," said Wilson.

HiSAC's newly appointed executive director,
David Wilson, is also a partner in the San
Francisco law firm of Young, Vogl, Harlick,
Wilson & Simpson, LLP, specializing in
telecommunications and energy clients.

Wilson received his Juris Doctor degree from
the University of California at Berkeley and
his undergraduate degree from Georgetown
University. He has successfully represented
clients in legal proceedings involving
telephone companies in several states,
including California, Hawaii, Nebraska, New
Mexico, Oregon and Texas.

The High Speed Access Coalition (HiSAC)
was founded by companies and individuals
interested in ensuring that American
households benefit from the same
competition and choice of service that large
corporations have with high-speed Internet
connections.

CONTACT: HiSAC | David Wilson,
415/291-1970 | dmw@bizlaw.com | or |
Simon/McGarry Public Relations | Michael
Adler, 650/596-5877 |
madler@shandwick.com

[Copyright 1998, Business Wire]