The Change Mariner

Dialing the future at Dartmouth

International Herald Tribune:

Perhaps because of its geographic remoteness, Dartmouth College in the small town of Hanover, New Hampshire, has long been willing to try novel means of communication.

The college introduced e-mail messaging on its campus in the 1980's, well ahead of most other higher educational institutions. In 2001, it was among the first colleges to install a campuswide wireless data network.

Now, the college is venturing into the world of "voice over Internet protocol," also known as VoIP, which essentially turns a computer into a telephone.