...by pointing your Web browser to www.dialpad.com. The Web site, run by a Silicon...network. The most interesting thing about Dialpad is that it works. Sitting at my computer...the price was right. That's because Dialpad hopes to make its money from banner ads...

...who changed that were Net2Phone and a company called Dialpad (www.dialpad.com), which offers an easy-to-use Internet phone service through its Web site. Sign up for a free Dialpad account and you can call anywhere in the United States...

...gratifying characteristic: They're cheap, and often free. Internet telephony services today fall into three main categories. Dialpad.com, Phonefree.com, DeltaThree.com and others allow customers to use their personal computers and an Internet connection...