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| April 08, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Detroit Free Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Mike Wendland

Apr. 8--INTERNET PHONE SERVICE LOOKS LIKE NEXT BIG THING: If there's any one tech trend that's marked this year so far, it has to be the use of the Internet to make and receive telephone calls.

Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP (pronounced VOIP), is growing so fast that it's almost overwhelming. In fact, I think it's a safe bet to predict it's how a great many of us will soon be making most of our telephone calls from home -- and maybe work, too.

The big news this week regarding VoIP was Thursday's announcement by America Online of its new Internet Phone Service, rolled out in 40 cities across the country, including Detroit.…

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