February 13, 1995: The Day the Internet Found Its Voice

Thirty years later, the revolution continues

Thirty years ago today, VocalTec introduced the world to Internet Phone (IPhone)—the first commercially available VoIP application that actually worked. For the first time, anyone with a multimedia PC could talk over the internet in real time, something previously unimaginable in an era of dial-up modems and costly long-distance calls.

It was a historic …