Internet gets its own country code - 87810

[David Farber <farber () tmail com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Berninger <dan () pulver com>
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Internet gets its own country code - 87810
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:13:44 -0500

Dave,

The Internet got its own country code this week (87810), and 
pulver.com
announced plans to make Free World Dialup members accessible via the 
new
code.

See announcement by ENUM group at
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030210/102182_1.html

See FWD announcement below.

Best regards,

Dan

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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030210/100511_1.html

pulver.com Free World Dialup Service Implements Newly Established 
Internet
Country Code - 87810
Monday February 10, 1:13 pm ET


WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 2003--Jeff Pulver, CEO, 
pulver.com
announced plans to make Free World Dialup (http://www.pulver.com/fwd) 
users
accessible via the new established 87810 country code associated with 
the
Internet.
"The decision of the International Telecommunications Union to enable 
a
country code for the Internet seems a terrific endorsement of Internet
Telephony and a significant milestone in the evolution of the 
Internet,"
said Jeff Pulver. "It seems appropriate to recognize the Internet as a
country separate and apart from traditional national boundaries. Members 
of
Free World Dialup already expressed their eagerness to join the new 
global
country known as the Internet."

Free World Dialup's URU10 service (see telephone keypad in US - 8=U; 
7=R;
8=U) will provide a means for anyone with access to the Public 
Switched
Telephone Network (PSTN) to reach someone in the Free World Dialup
Community. Customers need to choose unique URU number's, but they 
otherwise
don't need to follow the traditional numbering plans. Jeff Pulver 
launched
Free World Dialup (FWD) on November 11, 2002. FWD adds over 1000 members 
per
week and growth continues to accelerate. Anyone with a broadband 
connection
and an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone can take advantage of the 
service.
FWD assigns a unique number for the user's equipment and provides the
mechanism for calls between members. Free World Dialup does not use
traditional telephone numbers or connect directly to the Public 
Switched
Telephone Network. The service facilitates the call set up process, but 
it
does not have a role after connecting callers.

Free World Dialup members can make no-cost telephone calls between 
each
other.

Press Conference: Jeff Pulver will answer questions about the new 
Internet
Country Code and Free World Dialup at the JW Marriott (Rayburn Room) 
1331
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 10:00-11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 
February
12, 2003.
Event: The NTIA Roundtable planned for February 12, 2003 1:00-5:00 pm 
will
feature Jeff Pulver on the panel "The VoIP Marketplace -- Current and 
Future
Trends Affecting VoIP Services, Service Providers, Equipment Vendors, 
and
Consumers."
"Voice applications of the Internet did not even exist a few short 
years
ago. It seems remarkable how fast Internet telephony emerged as a force 
in
the world of telecommunications", noted Daniel Berninger, Managing 
Director,
pulver.com. The existence of VoIP already forced carriers to lower the 
cost
of international calls. The URU10 service makes area codes obsolete. 
The
entire globe becomes a single area code. The URU number seems yet 
another
example of the Internet's unifying power. The URU number represents yet 
more
evidence the number exhaust claims of the incumbents will never get
realized."

About pulver.com (http://www.pulver.com)

Jeff Pulver founded pulver.com at the end of 1994. In addition to 
producing
the highly successful VON conferences, pulver.com is engaged in many
activities that promote the growth of communication technology. The
pulver.com website (http://www.pulver.com) is a key source of 
information
for those in the IP Communications industry and The Pulver Report
(http://pulver.com/reports) has over 65,000 subscribers for whom it is 
a
primary source of news and information on the latest developments in
emerging net technologies. Mr. Pulver is the founder of: The VON 
Coalition,
pulverRadio, RevUp Records and co-founder of: Vonage and WHP Wireless.

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-- Dave

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