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IN THIS ISSUE: Special Pre-Conference Issue of The Pulver Report 

Note: This is a special pre-Fall '98 Voice on the Net issue of
The Pulver Report. I will be publishing the next issue before the
end of September which will include a recap of the conference.
The "Heard on the Net" section will return in our next issue.

In this issue:

- BellSouth will start imposing ACCESS CHARGES on ITSPs
- IP Telephony JOBS 
- What to WEAR at Fall '98 VON?
- Business Networking at Fall '98 VON
- What's going on at NIGHT during Fall '98 VON?
- Taking advantage of the Israeli EDGE - Israeli Embassy Luncheon at VON
- VON Coalition MEETING at Fall '98 VON
- Final Fall '98 Voice on the Net SCHEDULE 
- Spring '99 Voice on the Net - April 13-16 at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, NV
- Summer '98 Net based DISTRACTIONS
- pulver.com 1998 Conference/Workshop Calendar 

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BellSouth will start imposing Access Charges on ITSPs

I knew it was going to happen. It was just a matter of when.
The details regarding the BellSouth position is available 
at: http://www.bellsouthcorp.com/issues/telephony 

BellSouth said they would start imposing access charges on Qwest back in
April when the FCC report to Congress was being drafted, but this is the
first indication I've seen that they are forcing the issue. 

In fact in the Sept 5, 1998 issue of TR Daily 
(published by Telecommunication Reports International)
it was reported that "BellSouth Corp. has informed carriers that provide 
long distance voice services over the Internet or use Internet protocol 
(IP) technology that they must use BellSouth's access services, which, 
in turn, would require them to pay access charges." According to TR, 
Bell Atlantic and Ameritech said that they have no plans to follow 
BellSouth's lead. 

While the BellSouth announcement may appear to be bad news for 
Internet Telephony Service Providers ("ITSPs") operating in the BellSouth 
territory, I would find it very hard to believe that many (if any) ITSPs 
went into business just so they could avoid paying access charges to 
RBOCs. While every penny per minute saved literally is a penny earned, 
the payment of Access Charges should not make the difference whether an 
ITSP can sustain their business.

So whether or not Access Chargers are currently being charged by BellSouth
or other RBOCs, I believe that unless "preemptive measures" are taken -
it will be only a matter of time until all RBOCs attempt to collect 
from ITSPs who are operating in the territory of a RBOC.

The biggest challenge facing BellSouth will be their ability to enforce
their new position without affecting the ISP community. Of course, the
market timing is now great for the introduction of IP Telephony applications
which blur line between 'black phone to black phone' service and offer a set
of value added services. 

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IP Telephony Jobs

As I have written before, from time to time companies approach me
asking whether I know of any individuals well versed in some aspect
of IP Telephony to fill gaps in their management team. Many of these
companies like to use the Voice on the Net Conference as the venue
for meeting potential candidates. In order to help foster this activity,
we have created the IP Telephony Jobs website at http://pulver.com/jobs 

The headlines to any of the positions posted to IP Telephony Jobs will
be reproduced in the Pulver Report. Here's our first batch:

- Ascend: Senior/Principal Software Engineers - VoIP 
- AT&T: IP Telephony Product Manager 
- ITXC: Billing Developer 
- ITXC: Senior IP Telephony Service Platform Developer 
- London startup: Technical Director for London based 
IP Telephony Business
- NY Based IP Telephony Company: IN Directory Services Engineer Needed

If you are interested in pursuing any of these positions, just visit
the website for full details. The website also includes information
regarding how you can arrange to get your jop openings listed as well.

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Business Networking at Fall '98 VON 

To help facilitate the Business Networking opportunities at Fall '98 VON,
we will be e-mailing to the attending Delegates (under separate cover)
an Excel file which contains the names of the attending delegates which 
includes the Name, Title, Company and Country of the Delegates.

If any of the Delegates would like to have introductions made - the pulver.com
staff will be available to help facilitate the introductions

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What to wear at Fall '98 VON?

During the past few weeks our office has received both e-mails and
phone calls from attending delegates wanting to know what to wear at
the conference.

Except for your conference host - Jeff Pulver who may be seen wearing
a tie on the first day of the conference - the entire event is:
"Business Casual". Please wear the clothing you feel most comfortable 
wearing during the day.

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What's going on at Night during Fall '98 VON? 

For Delegates and Speakers attending both the workshops and the conference, 
you are invited to attend our "sneak-preview" of the exhibits from 5.30 
to 7.30 pm on Monday, September 14th. Beer/Wine and Soda will be served.

Our Registration desk located at the 14th street side of the Reagan
International Trade Center will be opening at 7:00 AM on Monday and will
remain open until 8:00PM on Monday night. If you are not attending the
workshops but would like to avoid the Registration lines on Tuesday morning,
we would strongly suggest that you consider picking up your Delegate badge
sometime on Monday. 

On Wednesday, September 16th - Delegates, Speakers and Exhibitors attending
the conference are invited to attend Jeff's All Conference Party taking place
at Sequoia's which is being co-sponsored by RADVision. If you want to attend
the party you MUST pick up an invitation from the Registration desk by 5:00pm
on Wednesday the 16th. Eagle-Eye Cherry and his band from Stockholm will be
performing and will be the house band for the evening. You can sample songs 
from Eagle-Eye's debut album 'desireless' at http://www.eagle-eyecherry.com.

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Taking advantage of the Israeli Edge - Israeli Embassy Luncheon at VON

Why Israel? Netting Israel's High Tech Potential

The Israeli Embassy and Jeff Pulver invites Fall '98 VON Delegates to a
lunch time presentation which will cover some of the key advantages of
partnering with Israeli companies.

The session will be moderated by Yossi Vardi, CEO of Mirabilis, the company
that developed and subsequently sold ICQ to AOL. Speakers will include Ami
Erel, CEO, Bezek (the dominant telephony company in Israel); Dr. Michelle 
Blank, President, RADVision Inc, Chemi Peres, Polaris (an Israel based VC 
fund), as well as a speaker from VocalTec. The presentation and luncheon 
will be held in the Pavilion dinning room at the International Trade 
Center on Wednesday, September 16th starting at 12.15pm. Seating is 
limited. If you would like to attend the Luncheon please e-mail your RSVP 
in advance to rsvp@pulver.com or visit 
http://pulver.com/fall98/von98/rsvp.html 

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VON Coalition Meeting at Fall '98 VON 

The VON Coalition will be having it's first meeting since formally 
incorporating on Tuesday September 15th from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM
in Polaris A and B.

The current agenda for the meeting is as follows:

5:00 PM Welcome
5:15 PM Introduction to VON Coalition and Activities/Questions and
Answers (open to all attending Fall '98 VON)
6:00 PM VON Coalition Member Meeting (Members Only)
- Current Status
- VON Coalition Focus/Initiatives
6:30 PM VON Coalition Market Programs
- Planned Activities
7:00 PM Open Discussion
- Member proposals
- Next meeting
7:30 PM Adjourn

If you are interested in attending this meeting, please RSVP at the
VON Coalition website - http://www.von.org or e-mail:
Georgia Lund - georgia@inventures.com

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Final Fall '98 Voice on the Net Schedule

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Monday, September 14, 1998
Pre-Conference Workshops
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Building the IP Based Central Office Workshop
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Act I - The Service Providers

10:00am Lee Quintanar, US WEST Advanced Technologies
10:15am James Kwock, AT&T
10:30am Joseph Rinde, MCI
10:45am Marion Spina, Stickdog Telecom, Inc.
11:00am Bruce Baker, Level 3 Communications
Eric Zimmerer, Level 3 Communications
11:30am TBA, Sprint
11:45am TBA

12:00pm-12:30pm
Network Diagram Exercise

1:30pm-1:45pm
David Isenberg, isen.com

Act II - The Vendors

1:45pm Larry Schessel, Cisco Systems
2:00pm Roger Boyce, Ascend Communications
2:15pm Roderick K. Randall, Stratus Computer, Inc.
2:30pm Mr. Sorenson, elemedia
2:45pm Houman Modarres, 3COM
3:15pm Mike Hluchyj, Sonus Networks, Inc.
3:30pm Ahmed Afroz, Cisco Systems
3:45pm Al Bender, Nortel
4:00pm Ami Amir, RADVision
4:15pm Scott Petrack, VocalTec Communications Ltd

4:45pm-5:15pm
Network Diagram Exercise

5:15pm-6:00pm
Wrap-up

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PSTN/IP Gateways, Gatekeepers and IP Billing Solutions
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10:00am James Shen, NeTrue Communications, Inc.
10:25am Neil Wyenn, Franklin Telecom
10:50am Jim Udall, Vienna Systems
11:15am Michael J. Sargent, Inter-Tel
11:40am Mark Monday, Cisco Systems
12:05pm Jose Garcia, Ascend Communications

1:30pm Al Bender, Nortel
1:50pm George Stepancich, Siemens Business Communication Systems, Inc.
2:15pm Jim Simester, Lucent Technologies
2:40pm Anthony Davis , Ericsson Infocom Systems
3:05pm Dennis Specht, Dynamicsoft
3:30pm David Gurle, VocalTec/ETSI
3:55pm Break
4:10pm Tom Kershaw, Clarent Corporation
4:35pm Lior Salansky, MIND CTI Ltd.
5:00pm Joseph Chiao, Biztrans Technology, Inc.
5:25pm Kevin Allodi, Portal Software, Inc
5:50pm Tom Gramaglia, Kenan Systems Corporation
6:15pm TBA
6:40pm Bob Logan, elemedia

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NextGen Telco Summit
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09:30am-10:00am
Next Steps in the NextGen Telco Industry
Tom Evslin, ITXC Corp

10:00am-10:30am
Building an IP Telephony Network from the Group Up
Isaac Elliot, Level 3 Communications

10:45am-12:00pm
The Future of the PC Switch
Moderator: Jeff Pulver, pulver.com
Elon Ganor, VocalTec
Howard G. Bubb, Dialogic Corporation
Jerry Chang, Clarent Corporation
Robert Schechter, Natural MicroSystems

12:00pm-12:30pm
Fax over IP
Paul Severino, Netcentric

1:30pm-2:00pm
IP Telephony Regulatory Update
Bruce D. Jacobs, Fisher Wayland Cooper Leader & Zaragoza

2:00pm-2:30pm
Next Steps in the NextGen Telco Industry
Lee Caldwell, IBM Corporation

2:30pm-3:45pm
IP Telephony Case Studies
Moderator: Sean Parham, Motorola
Bjorn Norrbom, Telia Light AB
Ofer Gneezy, VIP Calling, Inc.
Ron Cummins, dot com technologies

3:45pm-4:15pm
Qwest's approach to IP Telephony
Vab Goel, Qwest

4:30pm-5:30pm
Internet Telephony Billing Issues / Solutions
Moderator: Carl Ford, Bellcore's Soliant Internet Systems
Dave Labuda, Portal Software, Inc.
Richard Brennan, GRIC Communications, Inc.

5:30pm-6:45pm
NextGen Telcos - News / Views / Issues
Moderator: Jeff Pulver, pulver.com
Eckhart Gouras, POPTEL
Simon Clayton-Mitchell, AT&T Online Services Asia/Pacific
Jacob Davidson, Delta Three
Mordy Rothberg, IDT
Stefan Krook, GlocalNet
Ivar Plahte, Telenor NexTel

6:45pm-7:00pm
Fax Session
Maury Kauffman, The Kauffman Group
John Fleming, NetCentric Corporation

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Start of Fall '98 Voice on the Net
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Tuesday, September 15, 1998
08:45am-09:15am
Cameron Myhrvold, Microsoft Corporation
Amphitheatre

Tuesday, September 15, 1998
09:15am-09:45am
Jim Crowe, Level 3 Communications
Amphitheatre

Tuesday, September 15, 1998
09:45am-10:15am
Dan Shulman, AT&T Worldnet
Amphitheatre

Tuesday, September 15, 1998
10:45am-11:15am
Alex Mendez, Cisco Systems
Amphitheatre

Tuesday, September 15, 1998
11:15am-11:45am
Eric E. Sumner Jr, Lucent Technologies
Amphitheatre

Tuesday, September 15, 1998
11:45am-12:15pm
Lewis Wilks, Qwest
Amphitheatre

1:30pm-2:45pm
S01 IP Voice Over Cable Technology
Moderator: Steve Craddock, Comcast Corporation
Andrew Sundelin, CableLabs
David Bukovinsky, CableLabs
Edward M. Miller, CableLabs
Frank Christofferson, CableLabs
Amphitheatre

Tuesday, September 15, 1998
1:30pm-2:45pm
S02 Bandwidth Brokering in the Digital Economy
Moderator: Kevin Werbach, EDventure Holdings Inc.
Alex Mashinsky, Arbinet Communications Inc.
Marcus de Ferranti, Band-X Limited
Sean Whelan, RateXchange, Inc.
Atrium Ballroom A

Tuesday, September 15, 1998
1:30pm-2:45pm
S03 IP Telephony Appliances
Moderator: Michael Jablon, IBM
Israel Drori, BreezeCom Ltd.
Nan-Sheng Lin, InnoMedia, Inc.
Sarosh Vesuna, Symbol Technologies
Atrium Ballroom B

Tuesday, September 15, 1998
1:30pm-2:45pm
S04 VoIP Testing/Troubleshooting
Moderator: Kevin Connor, Cisco Systems
John Doyle, Hammer Technologies
Marco Marchisio, Bellcore
Stefan Pracht, Hewlett Packard
Polaris A/B

Tuesday, September 15, 1998
3:00pm-4:15pm
S05 The H.323 Gatekeeper Panel
Moderator: Hal Purdy, AT&T Laboratories
Dave Keeler, Clarent Corporation
Scott Petrack, VocalTec Communications Ltd
Werner Eriksen, Ericsson
Amphitheatre

Tuesday, September 15, 1998
3:00pm-4:15pm
S06 Enterprise Users of VON Technology
Moderator: Bryan Katz, Lucent Technologies
Byron Tomingas, Novell
Clay Gump, University of Maryland
Craig Heier, Citicorp
Atrium Ballroom A

Tuesday, September 15, 1998
3:00pm-4:15pm
S07 Low Density Telephony Gateways
Moderator: TBA
Francois Menard, Mediatrix Telecom Inc.
Olivier Zitoun, Aplio
Stacy Reineccius, Quicknet
Atrium Ballroom B

Tuesday, September 15, 1998
3:00pm-4:15pm
S08 Long Live the PBX
Moderator: Brough Turner, Natural MicroSystems
Bruce Allen, PakNetX
Richard Platt, Selsius Systems
Robert H. Fritzinger, Voice Technologies Group, Inc.
Polaris A/B

Tuesday, September 15, 1998
5:15pm-6:30pm
Analyst's Panel
John Ryan, RHK
Allan Tumolillo, Probe Research, Inc.
Bruce Kasrel, Forrester Research, Inc.

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Day II - Wednesday, Sept 16th
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Wednesday, September 16, 1998
08:00am-09:15am
S09 Broadband Endpoints - Applications and Systems
Moderator: Dave Waks, System Dynamics Inc.
Jeff Walker, Motorola
Mike Noonen, 8x8
Rob Milne, Vienna Systems
Amphitheatre

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
8:00am-9:15am
S10 VON QoS: Part One - Technology
Moderator: Michael A Ramalho, Bellcore
Dushyant Sukhija, Hewlett Packard
Eric Yam, ECTel, Inc
Prabhu Kavi, Ascend Communications
Atrium Ballromm A

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
08:00am-09:15am
S11 Telephony and Multimedia - The Internet Way
Moderator: Teresa Hastings, MCI
Alistair Woodman, Cisco Systems
Jonathan D. Rosenberg, Lucent Technologies/IETF
Keith C. Kelly, NetSpeak Corporation
Scott Petrack, VocalTec Communications Ltd
Atrium Ballroom B

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
08:00am-09:15am
S12 IP Fax Hardware Solutions
Moderator: Maury Kauffman, The Kauffman Group
David Ching, Brooktrout Technology
Jack Chase, Natural Microsystems
Steve Shaw, Dialogic
Polaris A/B

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
09:30am-10:45am
S13 Business Realities of IP Voice Over Broadband
Moderator: Sandy Teger, System Dynamics Inc.
Frank Nelson, Bell Atlantic
Jeff Robertson, I.P. Tel (Canada) Inc
Rei Brockett, Com21, Inc.
Amphitheatre

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
08:00am-09:15am
S14 VON QoS: Part Two - Solutions
Moderator: Michael A Ramalho, Bellcore
Grenville Armitage, Lucent Technologies
Ira Sager, Bay Networks
Ran Wellingstein, NKO Inc.
Atrium Ballroom A

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
09:30am-10:45am
S15 SGCP - Introduction/Overview
Christian Huitema, Bellcore
David R. Oran, Cisco Systems
Atrium Ballroom B

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
09:30am-10:45am
S16 IP Fax Service Providers
Moderator: Maury Kauffman, The Kauffman Group
Bruce Hahne, Digital Island
Gregory Lensch, GTE
Mark Flaherty, FaxSav
Polaris A/B

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
11:00am-12:15pm
S17 Feedback from European Carriers using VON Technologies
Moderator: Lov Kher, Lucent Technologies, Inc.
Bjorn Norrbom, Telia Light AB
Ivar Plahte, Telenor Nextel
Jean-Francois Mule, France Telecom Research & Development
Amphitheatre

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
11:00am-12:15pm
S18 IP Device Control
Moderator: Isaac Elliot, Level 3 Communications
Andrew Dugan, Level 3 Communications
Cary FitzGerald, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Scott Picket, Vertical Networks
Atrium Ballroom A

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
11:00am-12:15pm
S19 IP Telephony Billing Solutions
Moderator: Carl Ford, Bellcore's Soliant Internet Systems
Dave Labuda, Portal Software, Inc.
Mitch Mitchell, Level 3 Communications
Vikash Varma, Hewlett Packard
Atrium Ballroom B

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
11:00am-12:15pm
S20 Internet Telephony Solutions for ISPs
Moderator: Nino Vidovic, AT&T Labs
Michael Gorton, Internet Global Services, Inc.
Vivek Kapil, Nortel
Polaris A/B

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
1:30pm-2:00pm
Jeanette Symons, Ascend Communications
Amphitheatre

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
2:00pm-2:30pm
Joseph Rinde, MCI
Amphitheatre

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
2:30pm-3:00pm
Rich Caruso, IBM
Amphitheatre

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
3:00pm-3:30pm
Tom White, Hewlett Packard
Amphitheatre

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
4:00pm-5:15pm
S21 Update from US Carriers Deploying VON Technologies
Moderator: Deepak Kamlani, Interprise ventures
John Heiman, Sprint
Raj Bhandari, GTE
Simon Clayton-Mitchell, AT&T Online Services Asia/Pacific
Amphitheatre

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
4:00pm-5:15pm
S22 Review of SIP
Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University
Atrium Ballroom A

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
4:00pm-5:15pm
S24 Carrier Grade Internet Telephony Solutions
Moderator: Lee Quintanar, US WEST Advanced Technologies
Al Bender, Nortel
Bob Dye , Sonus Networks, Inc.
Graham Howard, Siemens Internet Solutions
Polaris A/B

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
5:30pm-6:45pm
S25 From AIN to H.323 to IPTel
Moderator: Henry Sinnreich, MCI
Catherine Trebnick, Lucent Technologies
Francois Menard, Mediatrix Telecom Inc.
Hans G. Eriksson, Telia Network Services
James Toga, Intel Corporation
Keith C. Kelly, NetSpeak Corporation
Amphitheatre

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
5:30pm-6:45pm
S26 Carrier Grade Aspects of Internet Telephony
Moderator: Ohad Finkelstein, VocalTec
Eric Newman, Databeam
Louis Rubin, Bellcore
Pascal Boudalier, Hewlett Packard
Atrium Ballroom A

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
5:30pm-6:45pm
S27 Bridging GSM and IP Telephony
Moderator: Aaron Haskal, Webtel Wireless
Bengt-Ake Ljud, Ericsson
Jaakko Sauvola, Nokia Telecommunications Inc.
Atrium Ballroom B

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
5:30pm-6:45pm
S28 VoIP Security, VON Numbering Plans and VON Directories
Moderator: Tony Schmitz, Gray Peak Technologies, Inc.
Louise Spergel, Lucent Technologies/ ETSI
Mark Plakias, Team TeleMedia
Paul Sijben, Lucent Technologies
Polaris A/B

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Day III - Thursday, Sept 17th
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Thursday, September 17, 1998
08:30am-09:30am
Show Me the Minutes! - Update From NextGen Telcos
Moderator: Jeff Pulver, pulver.com
Jacob Davidson, Delta Three Inc.
Jean-Baptist Rousselot, OzEmail Interline Pty Ltd
Mordy Rothberg, IDT Corporation
Amphitheatre

Thursday, September 17, 1998
10:00am-10:30am
Michael Thurk, Ericsson
Amphitheatre

Thursday, September 17, 1998
11:00am-11:30am
Jac Simensen, Bellcore
Amphitheatre

Thursday, September 17, 1998
12:00pm-12:30pm
Larry Irving, NTIA
Amphitheatre

Thursday, September 17, 1998
1:30pm-2:45pm
S29 VON Standards
Moderator: Michael A Ramalho, Bellcore
Jonathan D. Rosenberg, IETF
Louise Spergel, ETSI
Stephen Thomas, TransNexus/VoIP Forum
Amphitheatre

Thursday, September 17, 1998
1:30pm-2:45pm
S30 Regulatory - Domestic
Bruce D. Jacobs, Fisher Wayland Cooper Leader & Zaragoza
Kathryn C. Brown, FCC 
Atrium Ballroom A

Thursday, September 17, 1998
1:30pm-2:45pm
S31 IN/SS7 Issues & Opportunities (1)
Moderator: Jamie Morgan, ObjectSwitch
Anton Roug, Dialogic
Matt Holdrege, Ascend Communications
Ronnie Neil, Hewlett Packard

Thursday, September 17, 1998
1:30pm-2:45pm
S32 VoIP and the Enterprise
Moderator: Michael Jablon, IBM
David Fraley, Siemens
David Tucker, Selsius Systems
Mark Monday, Cisco Systems
Polaris A/B

Thursday, September 17, 1998
3:00pm-4:15pm
S33 Internet Call Centers
Moderator: Daniel Berninger, VocalTec
Kathy Meier, Lucent Technologies
Shelley Goldman, AT&T Labs
Ken Keeler, eFusion
Amphitheatre

Thursday, September 17, 1998
3:00pm-4:15pm
S34 Regulatory - International
Bruce D. Jacobs, Fisher Wayland Cooper Leader & Zaragoza
Husham Sharifi, MIT
Atrium Ballroom A

Thursday, September 17, 1998
3:00pm-4:15pm
S35 IN/SS7 Issues & Opportunities (2)
Moderator: Jamie Morgan, ObjectSwitch
Cengiz Akgun, Bellcore
Reg Cable, MicroLegend Telecom Systems Inc

Thursday, September 17, 1998
3:00pm-4:15pm
S36 Update from the IP Telephony MoU
Moderator: Jeff Pulver, pulver.com
Carl Ford, Bellcore's Soliant Internet Systems
Mitch Mitchell, Level 3 Communications
Stacy Reineccius, Quicknet
Polaris A/B

Thursday, September 17, 1998
4:30pm-5:30pm
S37 VON Applications
Moderator: Bill Simmelink, Telogy Networks Inc.
Firdaus Bhathena , WebLine Communications
Jeff Fried, Teloquent Communications
Sue Rudd, Acorn Communications Corporation
Amphitheatre

Thursday, September 17, 1998
4:30pm-5:30pm
S38 Java Solutions for IP Telephony
Moderator: Dennis Specht, Dynamicsoft
Jim Nelson, Dynamicsoft
Steve Stout, Sun Microsystems
Atrium Ballroom A

Thursday, September 17, 1998
4:30pm-5:30pm
S39 IP Telephony Client Applications
Moderator: Tom Flanagan, Telogy Networks Inc.
Lior Haramaty, VocalTec
Max Morris, Microsoft
Tony Naples, NetSpeak
Atrium Ballroom B

Thursday, September 17, 1998
4:30pm-5:30pm
S40 H.323 Interop Issues
Moderator: James Toga, Intel Corporation
Clinton Dickey, Inter-Tel
Mark Reid, Video Server
Polaris A/B

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End of Fall '98 VON
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Spring '99 Voice on the Net - April 13-16 at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, NV 

We have just finalized the arrangements for Spring '99 Voice on the Net.
Spring '99 VON will be taking place at the Rio Hotel April 13-16, 1999.

The official call for speakers will be going out on in mid-September and 
we will begin accepting speaking proposals on-line at 
http://pulver.com/von99 at that time. 

Our exhibit floor in Las Vegas has been expanded to accommodate over 130 
exhibitors. In the past we have sold out our available exhibit space 
ten weeks before our conference. With our Las Vegas venue we hope to be 
able to accommodate more exhibitors.

In fact, if you are interested in exhibiting at Spring '99 VON, and would 
like to reserve your booth for next year, please feel free to meet with 
the pulver.com Sales Team while you are in Washington.

Starting with Spring '99 VON we will finally be able to support the requests
from our exibitors who want to invite their customers to see their booths at 
the conference. In addition, all readers of The Pulver Report who register
for an exhibits only pass (in advance) on our website will be given the
opportunity to walk through the exhibits area as our guest.

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Summer '98 Net based Distractions

1. Card Playing on the Net

During the past few years I've become a big fan of Net based Communities 
and have enjoyed watching the ways the Internet continues to have an 
effect on my daily life. I've recently become a fan of Yahoo - not for 
the content but for the community.

Most of the time when my extended family gets together, one of the fun 
things that I enjoy is to play a game of Spades. Thanks to 
Yahoo I no longer have to wait for a family gathering to sneak away to 
play cards. At games.yahoo.com one can play not only Spades, but also 
Bridge, Poker, Hearts and a handful of other card games. 
These games are quickly delivered to your desktop as a Java Applet. At 
any time of the day or night there are people around who you can play 
cards with and text chat with. I'm sure that in the near future Yahoo 
will look to add audio conferencing support so that everybody who is in 
the same virtual room playing cards could speak to each other during the 
progress of the game.

2. The Pulver Family's contribution to e-Commerce

While I may enjoy playing cards, it is my wife who has been helping out 
the e-economy. First it was eBay ( http://www.eBay.com ) which has 
become the virtual Flea Market of the net where at any time there are 
over 500,000 objects being auctioned at a time. Then she discovered 
NetGrocer ( http://www.netgrocer.com ) a place where for the past nine 
months she has been ordering all of the non-perishable good for our 
home. ("good prices and the items are delivered directly to our 
doorstep"). And her most recent discovery was TicketMaster 
( http://www.tickmaster.com ). Imagine being able to sit at your computer 
and pick out the best available seats for your favorite performer, 
never having to wait on hold to order tickets. The best part is when 
you show up at the theater and the tickets you ordered are actually 
waiting for you at the "Will Call" window waiting for you to pick them 
up. And just a few weeks ago even my sister who is in the Greeting Card 
business started selling her stock cards on AOL. 

3. Tracking Baseball on the Net

Each Summer I spend too many hours tracking the exploits of my favorite
baseball team, the New York Mets. While websites like ESPN - 
www.espn.com provide great coverage of sporting events and hometown 
teams, I have grown to especially enjoy the writing style of the beat 
writers from my local newspaper - Newsday ( http://www.newsday.com ). 
My biggest gripe with my local newspaper is that whenever the team I'm 
tracking plays a game after the time the early edition of the newspaper 
goes to press, the game that I want to read about the following morning 
isn't in the paper. Sometimes that game story appears in the following 
day's edition but by that time the story is really old news. I'm not 
sure what took Newsday so long but it took about two years after their 
website became functional for them to provide a service which as a sports 
fan I find to be invaluable. Whenever they cover a story about a team 
and they are not able to write about the game because it wasn't over 
before they went to press - they now include a small reference at the end 
of the story which points to their website - for example - 
http://www.newsday.com/mets.htm. And speaking about the Mets -
their website - 
http://www.mets.com not only provides game recaps, Mets press releases 
and player statistics but they also provide live Real Audio coverage of 
games in progress.

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