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crawler - wins the award for the dumbest headline I've seenon a VoIP story!]http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/9030743.htmBy John M. MoranKnight Ridder NewspapersHARTFORD, Conn. - Internet phone calling started out as a cheap wayfor computer nerds to avoid traditional long-distance rates. The callswere free, but sound quality was scratchy and both parties neededcomputers, speakers and microphones to complete the online voiceconnection.Now, roughly a decade later, phone calling using Internet technologyhas significantly improved and is quickly going mainstream --threatening to rattle the multibillion-dollar telephone industry andto dramatically reshape personal and business communications.Just ask Tom Barberino Jr. of Meriden, Conn., who already has twoInternet phones at home and even more at the office.Barberino began playing with Internet-based telephony -- sometimescalled Voice over Internet Protocol, or VOIP for short -- a couple ofyears ago. Not only did VOIP slash his phone bill, Barberino said, butalso it also gave him a raft of new features, such as detailed calllogs and multiple phone numbers.Large telecommunications companies also are getting into the VOIPmarket, using their own sprawling private networks to carry voicecalls in efficient, Internet-like fashion.Comcast Corp. is preparing to offer phone service to millions ofhouseholds by the end of 2006, largely using VOIP. SBC Communicationsis offering VOIP services aimed at business customers. AT&T has beensteadily expanding its VOIP service. And Cox Communications has issueda statement saying VOIP is "ready for prime time."Full story at:http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/9030743.htm
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