Jack Webb Woulda Been Proud - NetXchange Communications' Internet Xchange for Fax fax software - Product Announcement

Jack Webb made a career out of asking for "just the facts." If NetXchange Communications Ltd. (San Francisco) has anything to do with it, we'll all be getting our "fax" from the Web. The company's Internet Xchange for Fax combines your standalone fax, fax server and/or mobile users with the Internet or your private LAN.

Internet Xchange for Fax operates over any TCP/IP network, including the Internet. Data and voice networks can be combined with fax traffic and transported over the most efficient path using least cost routing (LCR).

LAN clients running Windows V3.11, Windows 95 and Windows NT can send faxes from any Windows application using Microsoft Exchange's Unified InBox and MAPI. Mobile users can do the same using their Internet connection. Standalone fax machines can be directly connected to an Internet Xchange for Fax server or to a Private Automatic Branch exchange, or PABX. The Internet Xchange for Fax server routes the faxes and gets them onto your private backbone or onto the Internet.

Internet Xchange for Fax doesn't impose a learning curve on the user. The fax application is used the same as with any typical dial-up connection. Moreover, a recently released plug-in for Netscape Navigator allows users faxing capability from within the Web browser.

"With the advent of Internet Xchange, ISPs and Carriers are now in a position to offer "enhanced services" to their customers," says Jeff Pulver, president of Pulver.com, a Great Neck, N.Y.-based Internet consulting firm. "With Internet Xchange's ability to deliver real-time fax, it helps service providers as well as corporate users take advantage of their IP networks."

Internet Xchange for Fax features the Simple Fax Transport Protocol (SFTP), which synchronizes activity between all Internet Xchange for Fax servers on the network. SFTP establishes a distributed communications infrastructure between other Internet Xchange for Fax servers, eliminating single points of failure and allowing the sharing of information regarding status, load levels and LCR.

Automatic discovery of other Internet Xchange for Fax servers causes faxes to be rerouted when a server becomes unreachable. Additionally, all servers sharing the network will share the fax load.

Automatic LCR determines the most efficient path on the basis of the number dialed and optional routing and phone system cost tables.

The Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) ensures the timely delivery of faxes over an Internet backbone connection. Peer-to-peer connections are established between servers. Internet Xchange for Fax uses signaling, buffering and compression to maintain connections and to overcome the Internet's bursty nature of transmission.

Internet Xchange for Fax employs encryption and authentication to provide system security by filtering out unwanted users and by ensuring data integrity.

Internet Xchange for Fax is also accounting department-friendly. It can interface with billing and accounting systems to allow for billing and chargeback. Accounting can be done on a per client, per branch office or per profit center basis. Custom requirements can be built into the accounting function as required.

Similar to phone call accounting systems, Internet Xchange for Fax records a Call Data Record for each transaction. This data is kept in a system log and can be exported to popular applications meeting ODBC requirements.

For More Information NetXchange Communications Ltd. (415) 346-4131 Fax: (415) 346-2430 www.ntxc.com

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