04-15-2006, 10:54 AM
Quote:Reaching out and touching someone used to be as simple as dialing a string of numbers. But now there are home, cell and work phone numbers from which to choose, and sometimes work extensions to remember.
There are also e-mail addresses at home and at work and instant messaging handles, perhaps separate ones for the various services, some of which now do voice and video besides text. Some people even have Web pages through their employer or Internet service provider, or perhaps a profile or two on MySpace.
To help people manage all their contact information online, the Internet's key oversight agency is considering a ".tel" domain name...
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