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Companies using Internet Telephony are able to offer lower rates because they route calls over the Internet.
As you can imagine, calls routed over the Internet do not have the same voice quality as traditional long
distance, but its pretty good - comparable to a cell phone.
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Inter-Tel offers 10¢ per minute for calls anywhere in the U.S.
Other rates are good as well, Japan 23¢, Taiwan 30¢, and Mexico 28¢. Currently, they have
local access numbers in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Jose, and Washington D.C.
You can get a free demonstration by calling them at 888-333-3279 (ours was for eleven minutes of long distance).
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Access Power specializes in the domestic market. They
are offering rates of 7¢ per minute in the U.S., 7.5¢ to Toronto and Montreal, and 12¢ to the rest of Canada. Currently,
they have local access numbers in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Jacksonville, Miami, Montreal, Orlando, Salt Lake City,
Tampa, Toronto and Tucson.
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ICG Netcom specializes in the
domestic market. Their rates are 5.9¢ to ICG Netcom cities and 8.9¢ to other cities.
They currently have service in 31 cities with plans to roll out to 166 cities (covering 90% of the U.S.) by the end of 1998.
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