OZcontact Superiority

OZcontact is a whole class above any other communication services.

1. Intelligent Backend
2. Quick Comparison with Internet Phone (VoIP)
3. Detailed Comparison Table

1. Intelligent Backend

OZcontact is not a normal communication only service, it is created using the Net2MAX online management PLATFORM, thus it is able to deliver features that normal NETWORK based communication services cannot.

OZcontact takes full advantage of Net2MAX's Communication and Information Managers, which handles all of the end-user's information requirements in a seamless manner, providing the PROCESSING POWER and DATA STORAGE required to make OZcontact the most advanced communication service in the world.

2. Quick Comparison with Internet Phone Networks (VoIP)

OZcontact is a Contact over IP (CoIP) service which has a much broader and more intelligent backend than VoIP services. OZcontact is being delivered as a Net2MAX Package, thus inheriting the 6 Net2MAX Advantages over other communication services ... like VoIP.

3. Detailed Comparison Table

This table compares OZcontact with typical Advanced and Basic phone networks built by our competitors.

NO phone network in the world even come close to the REACH (you can talk to more people), POWER (you can do more things) or VALUE (you can save more money) that OZcontact gives you.

We are committed to improving the OZcontact continuously, so come back to this table often ... as we pull further ahead of our competitiors, this table is bound to grow bigger and bigger ...

Major OZcontact Features	Net2MAX Online Platform	Competitor Advanced Network	Competitor Basic Network
Flexible Phone Number Dialing System
Specify own preferred Internet Phone Number - Setting same as existing phone numbers or easy to remember numbers	YES	no	no
Check Sum Protection - To prevent entry of wrong Internet phone numbers	YES	no	no
Quick Dial List - Allows personally defined short-cuts to Internet or Normal phone numbers	YES	no	no
Communicate with other Internet Phone Networks
Free World Dial (FWD) phone network - One of the largest Internet phone network in the world	YES	YES	no
External Account Support - Allows the use of other competing networks at the same time as OZtell's	YES	YES	no
Communicate with wide range of Hardware or Software Internet Phones
SIP Phones - The upcoming standard based Internet phones	YES	YES	YES
IAX Phones - A firewall friendly Internet phone with increasing following	YES	YES	no
H323 Phones - The first (and still) widely used standard based Internet phone	YES	no	no
Transparent calling between different SIP, IAX, H323 phones - Commuicate with anyone independent of whatever Internet phone they are using	YES	no	no
Phone based CODEC selection - Supports most CODECs customer specify on their Internet phone settings	YES	YES	no
Network based CODEC selection - Allows control of CODECs by customer to override Internet phone settings	YES	no	no
Communicate using Software Internet Phones on multiple Computer Types
Windows Software Phone support - Make and receive calls on Windows PCs	YES	YES	YES
Pocket PC Software Phone support - Make and receive calls on Pocket PC based PDAs	YES	YES	no
Linux Software Phone support - Make and receive calls on Linux PCs	YES	no	no
Mac OS X Software Phone support - Make and receive calls on Apple Macs	YES	no	no
Web Browser Software Phone support - Make calls by clicking a "phone button" on a web page	YES	no	no
Supports Local Phone Number Mapping
One Local Phone Number to One Internet Phone Number mapping - People without Internet Phones can ring Internet phone by ringing Local number	YES	YES	no
Multiple Local Phone Numbers to Multiple Internet Phone Numbers mapping - Local numbers from different cities can map to one or more Internet phones	YES	no	no
Local Phone Numbers can map to mixture of Internet and Normal Phone Numbers - Allowing ringing of a list of Internet or Normal phone numbers in order or together	YES	no	no
Local Phone Numbers can map to competing networks - Internet Phones from other networks (besides OZtell's) can be used.	YES	no	no
Caller to Local Number not charged if Internet Phone not available - If the Internet phone is busy, no answer or off line then caller pays nothing	YES	YES	no
Real-time Selection of Local Phone Numbers from Multiple Cities - Selection of Local Phone Number can be performed at anytime through the web	YES	no	no
Supply Different Local Phone Number Identification to Callee in Different Cities - People can identify and return calls to you by checking their phone records	YES	no	no
Supports Shared Phone Number Mapping
One Shared Phone Number to One Internet Phone Number mapping - People without Internet Phones can ring Internet phone by calling Shared Phone Numbers	YES	YES	no
Multiple Shared Phone Numbers to Multiple Internet Phone Numbers mapping - Shared-Free numbers from different countries can map to one or more Internet phones	YES	YES	no
Shared Phone Numbers can map to mixture of Internet and Normal Phone Numbers - Allowing ringing of a list of Internet or Normal phone numbers in order or together	YES	no	no
Shared Phone Numbers can map to competing networks - Internet Phones from other networks (besides OZtell's) can be used.	YES	no	no
Real-time Selection of Shared Phone Numbers from Multiple Countries - Selection of Local Phone Number can be performed at anytime through the web	YES	no	no
Supports Audio Conferencing
Mixed Normal Phone and Internet Phone conference - Bring people from the Internet and the normal phone network together	YES	YES	no
Phone Based Conferencing system - Can use the in-built conferencing feature of most Normal or Internet phones	YES	YES	no
Network Based Conferencing system - Allows phones (Normal or Internet) without conferencing feature to be used	YES	no	no
Supports MORE than 3 parties - Up to dozens of phones can participate in the conference	YES	no	no
Web Management of Conference (starting, stopping, muting, kicking etc) - Powerful control of the conference available on the web	YES	no	no
Voice Broadcast Support (Different parties can given listen only or talk only restrictions) - Suitable for one way as well as two way communications	YES	no	no
Supports Video Conferencing
Mixed Normal Phone (audio only) and Internet Phone (video and audio) conference - Bring people from the Internet and the normal phone network together	YES	YES	no
Phone Based Conferencing system - Can use the in-built conferencing feature of most audio and video phones	YES	YES	no
Network Based Conferencing system - Allows phones (audio or video) without conferencing feature to be used	YES	no	no
Supports MORE than 3 parties - depending on protocol used, up to dozens of phones can participate	YES	no	no
Web Management of Conference (starting, stopping etc) - create and destroy the conference room at any time	YES	no	no
Supports Facsimile
Virtual Fax Machine - receive all faxes to Local Phone Numbers in email	YES	no	no
Fax on Demand - caller can selectively receive different documents by fax	YES	no	no
Web to Fax - send text or image documents as faxes from the web	YES	no	no
Fax Broadcast - send faxes to lists of normal and internet fax numbers	YES	no	no
Fax Status Reports - give details on status of all faxes sent	YES	no	no
Supports SMS
Virtual SMS Modem - receive SMS to shared Mobile Phone Numbers in email	YES	no	no
SMS on Demand - caller can selectively receive different documents by SMS	YES	no	no
Web to SMS - send text or image documents as SMS from the web	YES	no	no
SMS Broadcast - send SMS to lists of normal and internet SMS numbers	YES	no	no
SMS Status Reports - give details on status of all SMS sent	YES	no	no
Call Out Control
Restricts the Normal or Internet Phones numbers that can be dialed - Useful for limiting calls made by children and employees	YES	no	no
Control Quality and Costs of a call - Use high quality for important call and low quality for everyday calls	YES	no	no
Real-time web based control of both call permission and quality - Change preferences instantaneously	YES	no	no
Online Phone Security
Hide your outgoing Caller ID - Callee with Normal or Internet phones cannot tell who is ringing them	YES	no	no
Worldwide Caller ID - See the phone number of the caller even if they are overseas (some cities only)	YES	no	no
Block incoming calls WITHOUT Caller ID - Do not get disturbed by strangers who hide their Caller IDs from you	YES	no	no
Prevent Fake Caller ID - Callers cannot fake their own Caller ID (especially easy to hack on Internet phones)	YES	no	no
Disposable PIN for digit (DTMF) entry - Stolen PINs (by looking over shoulder or tapping phone line) CANNOT be used	YES	no	no
Secure Automatic Phone Login - Calls from certain phones can access certain services WITHOUT supplying PINs	YES	no	no
Interactive Voice Respond
Web Access - People can have text on a web page read out to them	YES	no	no
Email Access - People can have emails in an email box read out to them	YES	no	no
Calendar Access - People can have events in your calendar read out to them	YES	no	no
Voice Library - People can listen to a selection of voice messages	YES	no	no
Fax Library - People can receive a selection of fax messages	YES	no	no
SMS Library - People can receive a selection of SMS messages	YES	no	no
Voice Mail - People can leave voice message in your email box	YES	no	no
Voice alert - Sytsem will ring you and play voice messages people left without you having to check	YES	no	no
Real-time web based control of all IVR functions - Change IVR behaviour instantaneously	YES	no	no
Supports Instant Messaging
One to one Chat - Ability to type real time messages to each other through computers	YES	YES	no
Group Chat - a large number of people can chat to each other simutaneously	YES	no	no
Instant Message to MSN - Communicate with people on major instant messaging networks	YES	no	no
Instant Message to ICQ - Communicate with people on major instant messaging networks	YES	no	no
Instant Message to Yahoo - Communicate with people on major instant messaging networks	YES	no	no
Windows Instant Message support - Perform instant messaging with wide range of computer operating systems	YES	YES	no
Linux Instant Message support - Perform instant messaging with wide range of computer operating systems	YES	no	no
Mac OS X Instant Message support - Perform instant messaging with wide range of computer operating systems	YES	no	no
Pocket PC Instant Message support - Perform instant messaging with wide range of computer operating systems	YES	no	no
Palm OS Instant Message support - Perform instant messaging with wide range of computer operating systems	YES	no	no
Web Browser Instant Message support - Perform instant messaging with popular web browsers	YES	no	no

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