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Thursday, July 05, 2001
http://www.zdnetasia.com/biztech/specialreports/story/0,2000025065,30083897,00.htm The dawn of VoIP By Lim Boon Keong, It used to be a fact that, the only way to make a call is to pick up a telephone, dial the other party 's number and wait for the call to be answered. And what about the idea of making use of a computer to make a call? Ha! That's absurd! How could something so big, white and ugly be able to connect a call? However, when Vocaltec Inc. made it happened in 1996, a lot of jaws dropped. By using their own Internet phone software, Vocaltec Inc. has made possible a call to be established between PC to PC. Still, the quality of the voice left much to be desired....
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