Author: Alexander Kure
Date: 15:53:07 01/05/00
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On January 05, 2000 at 13:50:59, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 05, 2000 at 13:40:23, Chessfun wrote: >[snip] >>I pay my ISP about $20 Cdn mth for an unlimited online time. I do not pay for >>local calls....so $20 is my total cost. I have heard now that in the UK they can >>now get free ISP and free online time! I think eventually the ISP's will die and >>it will all be free paid for by advertizers. > >Before too long, the internet will simply replace all phone companies. You can >already transmit voice over the internet. You can "talk long distance" >essentially for free if two people have the proper equipment. At some point an >entrepeneur will simply write the necessary software to go with some hardware >and we won't have any need for phone companies. Actually here in Europe the 'handies' (= hand held phones) boom enormously and there is already the possibility to access internet through some of them. So I don't think that the phone will be replaced totally by the internet (only the classic immobile phone at home will be replaced for sure), i think there will be a kind of symbiosis between the two of them. Greetings Alex
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