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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2101)	12/7/1998 11:57:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3178

"Tom Evslin on IP telephony" [Article from Network World] By Tom Evslin Network World Fusion, 12/7/98 If you use a prepaid calling card to make international calls, there is a very good chance that some of your calls are going over the Internet - especially to expensive destinations where the savings from using the Internet are the greatest. Internet telephony is growing by leaps and bounds - and almost invisibly. In most cases, consumers are no more aware that their calls are going over the Internet than they are of any other routing choice. People don't select whether an individual call should go over satellite or through an undersea cable and they don't usually choose whether a particular call is made over the Internet or over the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The "decision" to route a particular call over the Internet is made by the least cost routing algorithm in the switch of the prepaid calling card company based on price, quality, and availability. People still think of shouting into computers when they think of Internet calling. In fact, most users of Internet telephony are calling from a phone to a phone and are dialing just as they would for any other call using a prepaid card. Internet telephony is the first application which makes the Internet useful to people who don't own computers. In years to come, the greatest growth in Internet traffic will come from noncomputer users who will get lower prices and vastly enhanced services when their "phone calls" calls are carried on the Internet. The living proof of the viability of Internet telephony is evidenced in the increased number of companies offering these services. The wholesale call completion sold to telephony resellers like prepaid calling card companies is good enough to compete on quality with any other low-priced way of reaching expensive-to-call countries. It is not yet as good as the $1.00/minute calls sold by tier one carriers; but the customers of our customers don't consider paying $1.00/minute to call home to mother half way around the world on Sunday. Within two years, the quality of Internet telephony will be better - and the services it offers far more extensive - than anything offered by any traditional carrier today. Join me online and let me know what you think. ========================== Spotlight forum: Tom Evslin on IP telephony ---------------------------------------------- IP telephony seems like a technology in the distance. But in fact, some carriers are implementing IP telephony on their networks to lower the cost of shipping calls around the world, a choice that could lead to lower prices for users. This week, Tom Evslin, chairman and CEO of upstart carrier ITXC Corp., will be online to answer your questions about the emerging of IP telephony and how it will affect you. Read the former AT&T executive's introductory statement and then jump in with your thoughts and questions. DocFinder: 9426 nwfusion.com