Intelligenttelephoneterminalisa multifunctional device that can recordmessages, automaticallyanswer calls, managepersonalinformationand connect to the Internet via dial - up line.
Main.net's gear already serves 10, 000 European homes at speeds of 500 kilobits a second, roughly equal to average cable and digital subscriber line (DSL) speeds, but a tenfold increase over standard dial-up modems.