Internet Telephony May Offer ‘Tremendous’ Savings, Expert Says

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TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — If a business enterprise has not reviewed its telephone service in the past two years, it may be surprised at the potential for “tremendous savings” produced by routing calls over the Internet, a maturing and now reliable technology, a communications expert said here.

Telephony expert Louis Person addressed less-than-truckload executives and others at Carrier Logistics Inc.’s third annual leadership summit in the last week of September. CLI designs software and applications for LTL companies.

VoIP — voice over Internet protocol — is the process of making and receiving voice, data and video communication, using the Internet, office networks and corporate private networks as a single communication loop. VoIP (pronounced “voyp”) has been an option to landline and cellular telephone service since 1996.

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