摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus for providing broadband conferencing services is provided. The method includes the steps of establishing a voice channel over a circuit switched telephone network and a virtual data channel over a packet data network (40) between at least two parties. The apparatus includes a telephone line and a digital data line sharing a single subscriber loop (12) in addition to establishing a virtual data channel over a packet data network. Further, an advanced intelligent network telephone network having a first database (81) of customer premise equipment and a second database (83) having data addresses associated with the customer premise equipement is disclosed.</p> |