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Article: A win-win situation.(Perspectives)(using the Internet to route voice telephone calls)
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- Information Today
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- February 1, 2004
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As telephone, cable, and independent entrepreneurial firms race to introduce Internet phone services to consumers, this "new" telecommunications technology promises to transform each of the businesses that market it.
Using the Internet to route voice telephone calls seems like a win-win situation for all concerned. Consumers pay less for long-distance and especially international calls. Cable companies and other broadband vendors can sell more applications and become one-stop shops for video, data, and voice for some of their customers. Telephone companies can migrate their customers from expensive services with fewer features to less costly services with more ...