December 15 2003 On behalf of Net 2

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December 15, 2003 On behalf of Net 2 Phone Global Services, LLC. , and Net 2 Phone Cable Telephony, LLC. for the Federal Communications Commission Cherie R. Kiser Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P. C. 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 crkiser@mintz. com Elana Shapochnikov Associate General Counsel Net 2 Phone 520 Broad Street Newark, NJ 07102 eshapo@net 2 phone. com

Consumers Have Benefited from the FCC’s “Hands-off” Approach • Since its inception, Net 2 Phone has provided consumers with a competitive alternative for voice services. • Net 2 Phone has been recognized as the first company to bridge the Internet with the public switched telephone network. • Net 2 Phone has invested in communications infrastructure by building its own proprietary network and gateways. • Net 2 Phone has routed billions of minutes of traffic over its network. -2 -

Overview of Net 2 Phone • Net 2 Phone has established itself as a world leader in delivering voice services over data networks. • Net 2 Phone delivers new and innovative communication solutions to retail customers and cable operators worldwide. • Net 2 Phone offers services through two subsidiaries: – Net 2 Phone Global Services (NGS) offers Vo. IP services to retail consumers and small- to medium-sized businesses around the world. – Net 2 Phone Cable Telephony (NCT) provides cable operators in North America and Western Europe with the toolset to offer residential voice services to their subscribers utilizing their existing cable networks. -3 -

Key Milestones November 2003 Net 2 Phone to Provide Cable Telephony Services for Cequel III’s Cebridge Connections August 2003 Net 2 Phone Creates Two Wholly Owned Subsidiaries: NGS and NCT April 2003 Hughes Network Systems and Net 2 Phone Develop Vo. IP Solution Over Satellite February 2003 Net 2 Phone and Liberty Cablevision PR Begin Billing Cable Telephony Subscribers for Residential Voice Service June 2002 Net 2 Phone Launches First Outsourced Voice Solution for Cable Operators October 2001 Net 2 Phone Announces New Investor, Ownership Structure August 2000 AT&T Invests $1. 4 Billion in Net 2 Phone (32% Economic Stake) July 2000 Microsoft Integrates Net 2 Phone into MSN Messenger November 1999 Net 2 Phone Files for Secondary Offering of Common Stock July 1999 Net 2 Phone Completes Initial Public Offering of Common Stock September 1997 Net 2 Phone Direct (Phone-to-Phone Over IP) Launched in the U. S. July 1996 Net 2 Phone 4. 62 Beta -- Half-Duplex Launched November 1995 Announces Plans to Release First PC-to-Phone Technology -4 -

Overview of NGS • NGS offers a variety of Vo. IP-based products and services. Our centrally managed platform supports a full range of consumer and corporate hardware products and services that enhance quality, lower costs and improve ease of use and management. • NGS is always evaluating and developing new products and service offerings including: – Vo. IP over wireless fidelity (Wi. Fi) – Integration and interoperability between our Vo. IP services and mobile devices – Consumer broadband voice services and devices • NGS is committed to bringing greater choice in high quality Vo. IP services to consumers. -5 -

Overview of NGS (cont’d) • Enterprise Solutions. This suite of services permits small and medium-sized businesses to use their existing broadband connections to place calls among their corporate offices and primary business contacts. Several other services permit businesses to make low cost, high quality Vo. IP calls to anywhere in the world. • Calling Cards and Prefix Dialing. Customers buy disposable or rechargeable calling cards that can be used to make low cost calls through Net 2 Phone’s Vo. IP platform. • Broadband Voice. NGS sells devices that can be plugged into a high speed connection anywhere in the world to allow users to be reached at the telephone number assigned to their specific device. These devices also allow users to access Net 2 Phone’s Vo. IP platform to make high speed connections to anywhere in the world. • Satellite Vo. IP. NGS offers Vo. IP products and services to satellite broadband providers that allow them to offer voice service in conjunction with their high speed data offerings. NGS has improved voice quality over satellite by implementing voice packet prioritization and working with third party device manufacturers such as LG Electronics and Hughes Network Systems to create devices that can be easily installed on existing equipment. • Carrier Services. NGS sells excess capacity on its retail Vo. IP routes to other carriers for the transport and termination of Vo. IP traffic. -6 -

NGS: Multiple Services – One Platform -7 -

Overview of NCT • Building on Net 2 Phone’s expertise in the Vo. IP arena, NCT has developed a fully outsourced Packet. Cable compliant Vo. IP solution for cable operators. NCT’s solution enables cable operators to offer the “triple play” of voice, data, and video to their consumers. • NCT targets small to mid-sized cable operators in the U. S. and operators of all sizes in Europe and Latin America. These cable operators may not have the significant technical and financial resources required to develop a selfprovisioned cable broadband voice solution. • Implementation of a viable cable voice service requires the expenditure of significant resources such as: – Personnel to support network operations – Engineering – Project management – Significant capital expenditures for Vo. IP elements – Costs to manage interconnection process -8 -

NCT Offers Full Outsourcing for Cable. Provided Voice Planning and Deployment • Business process development • Solutions assurance • Network & systems engineering • Billing & provisioning integration • Systems deployment Real-Time Assurance • Network management • OSS & service management • 24 x 7 NOC Cable Voice Operations Support Systems (CVOSS) Call Management Server • Call agent and signaling • Announcement server • Class 5 feature support • 411, 611 and voice mail • Trunking gateways Voice Services Management • Infrastructure management • Local and long distance bilateral termination • Emergency support services -9 -

NCT Makes Cable-Provided Voice Work - 10 -

Freedom from Regulation for Vo. IP Services Promotes the FCC’s Goals • Goal # 1 – Investment – Commissioner Abernathy at Vo. IP Forum: any regulatory regime for Vo. IP must promote investment. – Vo. IP investment has flourished under the “hands off” approach as the FCC predicted in the 1998 Report to Congress. – The FCC’s 1998 findings still apply today: “As an empirical matter, the level of competition, innovation, investment, and growth in the enhanced services industry over the past two decades provides a strong endorsement for [a deregulatory] approach. ” - 11 -

Freedom from Regulation for Vo. IP Services Promotes the FCC’s Goals • Goal # 2 – Rural Deployment – Commissioner Adelstein at Vo. IP Forum: “all Americans, whether urban or rural, should have access to high quality services at reasonable rates. ” – Using NCT’s end-to-end solution, smaller cable companies will have the ability to upgrade their networks to have the capability to offer voice services to their existing subscribers. – These cable companies serve predominantly in rural and suburban areas. – Vo. IP will provide these subscribers with competitive choices for residential voice service typically found only in urban areas. - 12 -

Freedom from Regulation for Vo. IP Services Promotes the FCC’s Goals • Goal # 3 – Provision of “Social” Services – Chairman Powell at Vo. IP Forum: the FCC must protect its critical initiatives, such as public safety, security, and consumer protection. – Specific regulations and technical requirements are not necessary at this time: – NCT has a 911 solution in place today. – The Vo. IP industry is independently pursuing voluntary solutions to the technical issues raised by 911, CALEA, and disability access. – In light of the competitive nature of the Vo. IP market, Vo. IP providers must tailor their service offerings to meet consumer demand for certain service features. - 13 -

Conclusion • Consumers have benefited and will continue to benefit from a “hands off” approach. • Freedom from regulation promotes: – Greater investment in infrastructure and networks – Incentive to offer competitive alternatives to traditional providers – Development of new and innovative service offerings tailored to meet customer demand – Deployment of advanced services to rural areas • Social policy concerns can be addressed by the Vo. IP industry without the imposition of burdensome regulation. - 14 -

December 15, 2003 On behalf of Net 2 Phone Global Services, LLC. , and Net 2 Phone Cable Telephony, LLC. Cherie R. Kiser Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P. C. 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 crkiser@mintz. com Elana Shapochnikov Associate General Counsel Net 2 Phone 520 Broad Street Newark, NJ 07102 eshapo@net 2 phone. com

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