Article: Voice over Internet next in line; Providers tout telephone services that eschew traditional copper wires.(Business)

Byline: LARRY RULISON Business writer

MENANDS - Steve Fredette can sense something big is happening.

The longtime telecommunications industry executive and general manager for TAG Solutions LLC, a Menands-based company that helps businesses design and implement telecom systems, believes the industry is moving toward voice over Internet protocol - otherwise known as VoIP - in a big way.

"Most businesses are looking at it," Fredette said. "We're in a very exciting time right now in the industry. The next four to five years is going to be when the sea change happens."

VoIP is the use of broadband data networks like high-speed Internet or ...

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