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Net2MAX
Making the Internet more Manageable
[edit] 1 Introduction
[edit] 1.1 Why Net2MAX ?
No telephone or internet company, in fact, no company can know nor predict what you really want or need, now or in the future. Traditionally, communication services are managed by the service providers, they lack the controllability and flexibility required to match your INDIVIDUAL and CHANGING needs.
Net2MAX provides you with a management platform that allows you (instead your service providers) to manage your communication experiences yourself, so you can easily tailor your communication environment to your particular needs.
The benefits of using a management platform? increased functionality, more convenience, wider reach, improved security, lower costs, reduced risks, higher accuracy, faster responses ... oh and lots of fun!
[edit] 1.2 How does Net2MAX work ?
All things that are numerous, dynamic and complex need to be managed in order for them to function properly - communication services are no different.
Currently, different communication services are developed and deployed separately, making them difficult, if not impossible, to function together as a whole.
Net2MAX enables you to manage diverse communication services easily by providing you with 4 world leading features:
Giving you a personal communication environment that allows different communication services to work together as a team rather than individually, that takes advantage of the latest technologies and prices without the associated confusion and inefficiencies, that fits seamlessly into your lifestyle or your organisation's work flow.
[edit] 1.3 Expanding Innovation
Net2MAX's aim is to reduce the Digital Divides that exist both WITHIN as well as ACROSS nations - by removing the traditional barriers to developing and accessing the latest information and communication technologies at the LOCAL COMMUNITY level.
The Internet lowers the barrier to the DEVELOPMENT and DEPLOYMENT of NEW services, allowing innovation to be driven by a large number of independent 2nd Generation SERVICES providers instead of a small number of 1st Generation NETWORK operators.
Net2MAX lowers the barrier to the MIXING and MATCHING of DIFFERENT services, allows innovation to be driven by almost any one. They can be young or old, they can be in the city or in the country, they do not need money nor even communication expertise.
If Web 2.0 is about user generated CONTENT, then Net2MAX is about user generated SERVICES. Net2MAX members can create new innovative communication experiences for themselves and others easily.
[edit] 2 Market Positioning
[edit] 2.1 First Generation: Network Services
First generation telephone companies (1st Gen. Telco) are Network Operators who DEVELOP and DEPLOY Network Services on their OWN network.
1st Gen. Disadvantages
1st Gen. Telcos have to build their OWN NETWORKS for delivery of their OWN services. Resulting in high prices (since dedicated communication cables must be laid and exchanges must be built) and a limited number of services (since it is difficult for a single company to develop large number of different service types for different markets).
1st Gen. Analogy
First Generation Network Operators transport the users' data using the OPERATOR's PRIVATE networks and providing OPERATOR's services at both ends ... it is like taking the train on their PRIVATE railway tracks, reaching only their OWN train stations.
 | First Generation Network Services = Taking the Train |
1st Gen. Usage Example
Making phone calls using the telco's OWN phone lines and prices for ALL calls.
1st Gen. Telco Example
PCCW and Telstra are examples of first generation telephone companies.
[edit] 2.2 Second Generation: Internet Services
Second generation telephone companies (2nd Gen. Telco) are Services Providers who DEVELOP and DEPLOY Internet Services on the Internet.
The Net2MAX Team is an established leader in 2nd Gen. Telco technologies and has been delivering VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol, or Internet Telephony) services through pioneering 2nd Gen. Telcos (like OZtell) since year 1997.
2nd Gen. Advantages
The Internet allows 2nd Gen. Telcos to access multiple 1st Gen. Telco's networks WITHOUT having to build their own networks. This enables large numbers of new 2nd Gen. Telcos to be established, continuously offering an endless list of new Internet Services (Voice over IP, Instant Messaging, Audio Conferencing, Online Auction, Meeting Friends, Video Sharing etc. etc.)
2nd Gen. Disadvantages
Having too many services, however, is just as bad as having too little services. Rapid changes, multiple user interfaces, operation complexities and incompatibilities between Internet Services make selecting and using them confusing and inefficient. Optimial use of the increasing number of Intenet Services is almost impossible - resulting in substantial lost time and opportunities.
2nd Gen. Analogy
Internet Services Providers transport the user' data using PUBLIC networks and providing the PROVIDERS' services at both ends ... it is like taking the bus on PUBLIC roads, reaching only their OWN bus stops.
 | Second Generation Internet Services = Taking the Bus |
2nd Gen. Usage Example
Making phone calls using ONE Internet Service Provider (ISP) and ONE VoIP Services Provider (VSP) for ALL calls.
2nd Gen. Telco Example
Skype and Vonage are examples of Second generation telephone companies, also called VSP.
[edit] 2.3 Third Generation: Management Platform
Third generation telephone companies (3nd Gen. Telco) are Net2MAX Communities who MIX and MATCH services on the Internet.
3rd Gen. Advantages
Net2MAX lays on top of your existing (and future) communication services allowing you to take easy and optimal advantage of the latest pricing and technologies from different telcos, without the usual restrictions and complexities.
It gives you a stable platform from which your communication experiences can be managed easily, so instead of being disadvantaged, you can take advantage of the increasingly numerous, dynamic and complex communication services.
3rd Gen. Analogy
Net2MAX Platform allows the users' data to travel using PUBLIC networks providing the ability to access ANY services ... it is like driving a car on PUBLIC roads and reaching ANY destination and stopping at ANY time you like.
 | Third Generation Management Platform = Driving the Car |
3rd Gen. Usage Example
Making a phone call using the BEST Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the BEST VoIP Services Provider (VSP) for THAT call.
BEST ISP means using a high quality ISP (low delay, jitter, lost) for voice calls and a low cost ISP for large traffic (like Bit Torrent file sharing). BEST VSP means using a high quality VSP for short calls to the boss and a low cost VSP for long calls to a friend.
Normally achieving getting the best like above is expensive and time-consuming, if not impossible, but the Net2MAX Management Platform have special features to make it both easy and cheap to always use the best automatically:
3rd Gen. Telco Example
Examples of 3rd Gen. Telcos are you. Yes, you.
Why let strangers dictate your communication experiences, when you can enjoy the unlimited possibilities of creating your own ?
[edit] 2.4 Distribution Focus: Community Platform
Although anyone can manage their own communications with Net2MAX, the distribution of the Net2MAX technology is focused at the local community level. There are many situations where people are NOT allowed to manage their own communications (like staff in a company or children in a family) and many situations where people do NOT want to manage their own communications (like no time or no knowledge).
In those situations, Net2MAX Communities perform the important role of customising on behalf of the member as much as possible the standard base One Click Contact (1CC) Management Platform supplied by the Net2MAX Centre in that country - so there is little or nothing left to be customise by the member herself.
Some communication services do come with the 1CC platform by default, however the Communities can also mix and match any EXTERNAL communications services easily on the SAME platform. This allows the Communities to offer the absolute best of what is available worldwide under one platform.
The Members themselves can also further customise Community Platforms supplied by the local communities according to their individual wants and needs.
Community Analogy
Using the 1CC platform directly by yourself ... is like driving your own car yourself. Having communities customise the 1CC platform you ... is like having a chauffeur driving you around.
Community Usage Example
With 1CC platform, the BEST ISP and VSP are used automatically for each of your call, however you have to keep track of what is the BEST yourself. With a Community Platform, your Community keeps track of what is the BEST on behalf of you.
Although the 1CC platform is mainly designed as a base platform for Net2MAX Communities to create their own platforms, it can also be used directly by members who have not formed nor joined any Net2MAX Community.
Community Telco Example
Examples of Community Telcos are people around you (your local community, your school, your company, your neighbours, your family, your group of friends).
After getting familiar with the 1CC platform, any member can start her own community easily with just a few clicks on the web. She can take as much or as little as she likes from the 1CC platform to create her own Community Platform. There is no limit on size, as little as 2 to as many as 20,000,000 members are welcomed.
Commercial:
- In small commercial settings, the Net2MAX Communities could be the IT department of a business or communication consultants. In medium commercial settings, the Communities could be ISPs, VSPs, VoIP equipment suppliers, software developers. In large commercial settings, the Communities could be location based (population of a specific city) or language based (population who speaks a specific language).
Non-Commercial:
- In small non-commercial settings,the Net2MAX Communities could be the "wise-guys" or "geeks" who always have the latest mobile phones or the people in your family who you always go to ask for help about technology. In medium non-commercial settings, they could be the IT departments of schools or government bodies. In large non-commercial settings, the communities could be location based (population of a specific city) or language based (population who speaks a specific language).
Before Net2MAX, these communities will not have access to the resources nor know how to create services or to help others - even if they wanted to, with Net2MAX they can help as much as they want and as much as people allow them to.
[edit] 3 Summary
As more and more communication SERVICES appear everyday, Net2MAX gives you the ability to reduce complexity and increase synergy - creating a service independent management PLATFORM that performs according to your changing needs and from your own perspective.
Why do you need all the extra capabilities of the Net2MAX platform? Because your future depends on your ability to perform in the online world. Even the USA military has started to take the online world VERY seriously, isn't it about time you take it seriously as well?
To experience how Net2MAX can save you substantial time and money (as well as enabling you to accomplish tasks not possible before), register your phone number with Net2MAX and try out our One Click Contact management platform for FREE ... we believe you will not be disappointed in what you will find ...
