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...Internet telephony is a big thing that's only getting bigger. Vint Cerf, one of the Internet's founding fathers, estimates that as much as half of all long-distance traffic will go over the Net by the year 2010--and he should know, since he now works for MCI. By 1999, an estimated 16 million people will have purchased (from VocalTec and others), or downloaded for free, software that enables them to talk to fellow computer owners through their PCs, although if you go this route, you will probably also need a sound card and microphone. Others prefer...
...other hand, the three leading commercial long distance service providers, AT&T, Sprint and MCI WorldCom, all advertise dime-per-minute rates for residential customers. AT&T offers a nine-cent per minute plan for customers who will receive their bills online and MCI WorldCom recently launched a plan offering domestic calls for a nickel-a-minute on Sundays...
Harvard's contract with MCI WorldCom is at least three years old, dating back to a time when phone companies were charging residential customers more...
...distance fees from students in residence are big business for the carriers: the three largest collect hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue each year from them. But AT&T is making moves to corner the market by beating its competitors rates, making an offer that neither Sprint nor MCI WorldCom would match...
...Harvard $2.60 $4.20 Yale $2.60 $4.55 Stanford $2.00 $3.15 Cornell $4.76 $3.43 Princeton, U.Penn, Brown $2.00 $3.50 Residential Carriers 20 Minute Domestic Weeknight Call 35 Minute Domestic Call Noon on Sunday AT&T One Rate Online $1.80 $3.15 AT&T Connect 'N Save* $1.70 $3.15 Sprint Sense $2.00 $3.50 MCI One Savings $2.00 $1.75 *IP calling alternative