Internet Telephony
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Make long distance calls over
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Internet telephony is the use of the Internet rather than the traditional telephone company infrastructure and rate structure to exchange spoken or other telephone information. Since access to the Internet is available at local phone connection rates, an international or other long-distance call will be much less expensive than through the traditional call arrangement.
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Click image to to play a voice sample recorded using Microsoft's Netmeeting software |
1. Microsoft NetMeeting* Version: 3.01B3396 (with Service Pack 2; 1.6mb; Win95/98/NT/2000 (Nov 9, 2002) Freeware, enables real-time voice and data communications over the Internet. This includes the ability for two or more people to share applications, transfer files, view and illustrate a shared whiteboard, and chat all over standard connections. Can also be used between two users.
2. WebPhone* Version: 4.02; 3.2mb; Win95/98/NT (Nov 1, 1999)
Shareware, voice talk over internet, similar to the Internet Phone, but has point to point connections using either IP address or E-Mail address - Homepage.3.
Internet Phone* Version: 5.01(Build 200); 8.9mb; Win95 (Aug 26, 1999).
Shareware, impressive live conversion over internet! Featuring voice mail, whiteboarding and document sharing, all the amenities of a full-featured phone like call waiting - Homepage.
4. Various other Internet Telephony software: Win95/NT, Win31, Mac, OS/2, Unix.
* Netmeeting, Webphone and Internet Phone are the latest version as of 2nd Oct 2001.
Publications (Soft Copy)
Internet Telephony: Costs, Pricing and Policy (PDF)
by Lee McKnight and Brett Leida
A Cost Model of Internet Service Providers: Implications for Internet Telephony and Yield Management (PDF) MIT M.S. EECS/TPP Thesis by Brett Leida (February 1998).
FAQs: How Do I Use the Internet as a Telephone? (HTML) by Sears, Andrew L. and Kevin Savetz.
Innovations in Internet Telephony: The Internet as Competitor to the Long Distance Voice Market (Word) Sears, Andrew L.
Background on the Internet Telephony Interoperability Consortium by (PDF) McKnight, Lee.
Organizational and Business Issues for InternetTelephony by Kavassalis, Petros
Author: Tralvex Yeap
Created on 17 December 1997. Last revised on 9 Nov 2002..
Internet Telephony Consortium