Long Distance - Part 5

There has been a lot of interest and feedback from readers about the recent patrickWeb stories about "long distance". Most are saying, "where can I get it?", but others are saying "not so fast". This is understandable given that we are beginning to go through a very disruptive period with regard to telephony. We are 5% of the way into what is in store for us.  One concern was raised by Tony Paulson who pointed out that 911 service is not available via the new SIP services. Another issue is being able to retain your existing phone number and avoid having to have two phone systems in your home -- one connected to the local phone company and another plugged into your cable or DSL router. Thanks to Bob Ishida in Tokyo for telling me about how Yahoo! Japan Broadband has solved both of these problems in Japan.  (read more)

Internet Technology October 30, 2003 01:38 PM