Later came the Touch-Tone set, which was designed to improve efficiency and speed the process. The bandwidth of 64kbps is much more than required with the current voice and fax technologies. For example, a fax transmission uses only 9.6 or 14.4 Kbps, while the remaining bandwidth goes unused. Internet Telephony is borned Since around 1992 that the Internet started to become part of everyday word. Only then, people start to take the Internet seriously.
Many company see the Internet as a great potential to increase their market share.
Many technologies have came in and phased out of the cyberworld, such as Server push Client Pull technology. However, many have stayed on like messaging portals such as ICQ, Microsoft NetMeeting, etc. As this growth increases, companies like VocalTec, Cisco, and others, see the opportunity for voice communication across the Internet. The first generation back in 1995 was just a piece of software that run on PC and can only make calls to other users using the same software. At the time, the technology were still in its early stage where no standard has been established and the bandwidth of a typical user was low compare with today's standard.