Publisher's Synopsis
"Here′s a book that will tell you everything you need to know about how to make telephone calls over your PC. No one knows voice on the Net technology like Pulver." –Josh Quittner, Time Magazine
"Jeff Pulver is the pre–eminent authority on Internet telephony." –Gary Welz, Internet World
Call anywhere, anytime and talk as long as you like–for a fraction of the price! With special phone software and hardware, you can turn your PC into a phone and save a fortune on your next phone bill. It′s called Internet telephony and this book/CD package tells you everything you need to know.
The Internet Telephone Toolkit gives you software that lets you immediately "test drive" all of the leading Internet telephone and broadcasting software.
Jeff Pulver, the leading authority in the field, reveals:
∗ What the phone companies don′t want you to know
∗ What you can do with Internet telephony
∗ How to avoid some of the trouble spots of current Internet telephones
∗ What the future holds for this fast–growing industry
∗ How other emerging technologies like video on the Web will fit in with Internet telephony
The CD–ROM includes demo software from:
∗ VocalTec, Internet Phone 3.2 and 4.0 Demo Versions, and Internet Wave
∗ Voxware, TeleVox ToolVox
∗ NetSpeak, WebPhone
∗ FreeTel Communications, FreeTel
∗ VDONet, VDOLive Video Player
∗ White Pine Software, Enhanced CU–SeeMe for Windows and Macintosh
∗ Telescape, TS Intercom
∗ IDT Corp., Net2Phone
∗ IRIS Systems, Ltd., IRIS Phone
∗ IBM Internet Connection Phone–Beta Version
∗ Tribal Voice, PowWow, and more!
