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From: asher@TONTO.CC.ROCHESTER.EDU (Samuel Asher)
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Subject: Re: Packet voice
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Date: 9 Mar 88 18:00:51 GMT
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That sounds like a wonderful use of communication lines.

Is there any work under way to bring this kind of service
(ie digital packets plus voice).
into the home.  I worked at a company a few years back
where that was our goal (we called them digital phones).
The hope was that the Divestiture would make such an advance
possible, however, I have seen none of it.  There were also
some technical difficulties to be overcome (such as easily
adding extension phones) and inertia problems (such as the
huge investment in analog phones).

				- Sam Asher
				asher@cc.rochester.edu