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To: David Wise who wrote (4541)	4/11/1999 9:49:00 AM
From: rll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 30916

David, I have to say my experience unfortunately has been similar to yours. I did know that you had to agree to inferior comms, but I didn't realize the non-refundable deposit policy. However, I do believe this type of comms will only improve in the future and that is what most investors must be basing their purchases on these days. Also, IMO IDTC (net2phone) will not necessarily be the benefactor of future technological improvements in internet telephony. rll

To: David Wise who wrote (4541)	4/11/1999 10:13:00 AM
From: blankmind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 30916

upgrade that 286 with a 1200 baud modem;-)

To: David Wise who wrote (4541)	4/11/1999 10:57:00 AM
From: Hawaii60	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 30916

David, you are such an obvious liar . Net2phone wins product of the year award. Net2phone has over a million satisfied customers and poor David Wise just seems to have problem after problem? I wonder if Mr. Wise might possibly have a financial interest in seeing this stocks price go down? I mean, he claimed he was contrarian before because he didn't like the "hype" . Now what he called hype has been proven correct, so he moves on to stunts and talk about quality? As for your crack Dave (which I consider another stunt), where you claim to wonder if Softbank has tried the net2phone product. You really must not have done a very thorough job of due diligence on this company. Had you done so, you would have discovered through information in older 10Q'a and even one news release, that Softbank has been a partner of IDTC and has been selling net2phone services in Japan for years. Here, I'll make it easy for you: Here is the url, nim.com.au Now, Mr. Wise, I suggest you leanrn more about this company before making further statements. The Japanese take a long time to make decisions sometimes and their economy has been sort of screwed up but they are extremely loyal.

To: David Wise who wrote (4541)	4/11/1999 11:06:00 AM
From: Hawaii60	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 30916

This makes it even easier: <Internet Telephone Services from NTT and Softbank PC News, September 2, 1997 Softbank and NTT Data Communications have teamed up with US based IDT to provide international telephone services across the internet. Pricing was not announced but services could begin as early as September. >

To: David Wise who wrote (4541)	4/11/1999 11:42:00 AM
From: Andrew H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 30916

Every stock that goes up a lot gets its bashers. Luckily we have a stupid basher.

To: David Wise who wrote (4541)	4/11/1999 1:04:00 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Respond to of 30916

I think that's a bandwidth issue. As bandwidth gets larger the quality will get better. You must admit that we are moving in the direction of Internet phone, cable and many other areas that we now pay for separately.

To: David Wise who wrote (4541)	4/11/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: Lea Hwang Lee	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 30916

David, Technology is an evolving thing which will never stay the same - it will improve over time. If you based your current investment decisions on what is being achieved today, then you are making a big mistake... One day, we will all be able to make international phone calls for free. The difficutlies that we are facing today are only temporary. The ultimate scenario will be "all-digital" transmission (except for the microphone and speaker phone of course). The current "analog-digital-analog" technology is only a transitory stage in the evolution - since everyone of us has an analog phone and an analog phoneline. When broadband technologies (such as broadband cable and microwave transmissions) catch up and become commonplace among all the households, then telephony technology will get a tremendous boost - it will provide the speed and quality the VoIP needed. Eventually, all the telephone exchanges (circuit switch technology based) will be gradually replaced by IP hops, i.e. the analog legs at both ends of the transmission will eventually be replaced. We will also see true "digital phone", probably standalone or integrated with a PC-box type of setting which will plug directly to your cable connection or to a microwave receiver, etc... (the "phone lines" will be history). The VoIP will (and is now gradually) threaten the conventional long distance giants such as AT&T. I am sure these giants are now actively playing catchup game by active research or by buying out VoIP companies (such as IDTC). IDTC has been signing up with a lot of local phone companies in Europe to make up the "analog leg" of the transmission. The last time I visited their homepage, there were something like six countries in Europe. Very soon, we can all make phone call to everywhere in Europe for just 10 cents a minute through IDTC - with more Asia countries to follow soon... The way I see IDTC is that its' value is beyond the Net2phone IPO spine off. It also holds tremendous value as a telecommunication company by leveraging its VoIP technology... If you are not a savvy day-trader to take advantage of the ups-and-downs on Monday, I suggest you hang on to IDTC. If it dips below 28 on Monday, I will be adding more to my holding... Regards, Lea