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Microcap & Penny Stocks : IPVC - IPVoice Communications,Inc. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BARRY ALLEN who wrote (30)	1/12/1999 9:33:00 AM
From: telephonics	Respond to of 275

The catch,IMHO, is the problem to local carriers have with internet access.The telephone networks were not designed to accomodate the hugh and still growing volume of data engendered by the internet growth.To access the ISP a local telephone call is required.The local carrier does not derive any revenue for such a call.Many users log onto the internet for hours at a time which then denies the local carrier use of that line to earn revenue.The FCC is looking at this problem and one possible solution would be to make all access calls to an ISP server subject to a long distance charge or other special charge. Theis would certainly destroy any price advantage to an VOIP provider. Also isn't voice over IP a non-duplex conversation??