Making telephone calls over the Internet is nothing new. Once the arena for hobbyists and techies, Internet telephony is now a proven technology. Internet phone calls are so reliable and popular that Ma Bell and her competitors use the digital superhighway to carry much of their own hard-wired long distance phone traffic. However, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has made the once almost-free Internet phone call scenario more costly.
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Device Allows Internet Calls from Any Phone
Posted by: Jack M. Germain April 16, 2005 01:30 AMMaking telephone calls over the Internet is nothing new. Once the arena for hobbyists and techies, Internet telephony is now a proven technology. Internet phone calls are so reliable and popular that Ma Bell and her competitors use the digital superhighway to carry much of their own hard-wired long distance phone traffic. However, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has made the once almost-free Internet phone call scenario more costly.