Press Releases: March 2004

BRITISH COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS CONNECTED WITH QTELNET

QTelNet VoIP Gateways Provide School-To-School Communications
via the Internet

QTelNet is pleased to announce completion of a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications installation for a British Columbia school district, using QTelNet FreeRide™ VoIP gateways.

Over 40 individual schools now have access to inter-school voice communications through the schools' existing internet connections, rather than the public telephone system. The FreeRide installation offloaded administrative and internal telephone traffic from local phone lines that formerly experienced high congestion during peak usage hours, thus freeing them up for students and parents.

In each school, a QTelNet FreeRide FXS gateway forms a bridge between the existing PBX (switchboard) and the Internet portal. Thanks to advanced FreeRide software and hardware features, this arrangement provides access to VoIP communications from the same telephones used for the conventional public system, without requiring complicated or unfamiliar operating procedures. The installation takes advantage of the FreeRide gateways' ability to operate in a manner that is completely seamless and transparent to callers. In an attempt to solve their telephone system bottlenecks without adding more lines and incurring the associated ongoing costs, the school district turned to QTelNet dealer and high speed internet service provider Lookieloo Sales and Purchase Ltd. of Chilliwack, B.C.

Using QTelNet FreeRide FXO gateways to form bridges between the local public phone system and the Internet, dial tone from other calling districts will be extended. This move alone will eliminate a CDN$500/month dedicated voice line, a CDN$40/month dedicated fax line, and all associated toll charges. QTelNet's gateways work on a stand-alone basis and each unit has an independent dial plan eliminating the need for an expensive gatekeeper. QTelNet also offers a unique Distributed Dial Plan that allows the units to be hooked to DHCP connection with out any worries of down time due to IP address changing, saving the cost of a static IP.

The modest cost of the system will be recovered in the first year of operation. Subsequent savings will go straight to the bottom line.

QTelNet, a leading provider of VoIP products since 1999, is a wholly owned subsidiary of QSound Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSND), a major provider of audio solutions based in Calgary Alberta Canada.

For more information about QTelNet, its products and solutions contact us via phone at 403-291-2492 or by email at info@qtelnet.com or visit our Web site at www.qtelnet.com