41. Helein argues that if Internet telephone service becomes widespread, it will lead to big reductions in the revenues of long-distance companies. 42. If it can demonstrate that local service has become competitive, regulators will grant its long-standing request to offer long-distance service, Britton noted. 43. Ibrahim Al Hassan, a British computer wizard and volunteer manager of Islamic Gateway, said the service will soon become a full-fledged news agency on the Internet. 44. In other words, service has become self-service. 45. In this sense, phone service is becoming a commodity, just like rail service once upon a time. 46. In the meantime, the current generation of Wireless Web phones are sure to get more interesting as more services become available. 47. It goes after new business aggressively, and the more it gets, the worse service becomes. 48. It will be a while before those technologies and services become pervasive though. 49. Its services have become especially popular among Falun Gong adherents in China. 50. Just when all these new services become available remains unclear. |