拨号网络提供商可能不久就会丧失他们的形象财富。许多拨号网络专家估计,随着Microsoft及Sun运用Internet工具对拨号网络应用不断升级,拨号应用服务的界面会更加友好。拨号网络服务商长期使用封闭的、遗留下来的系统,迫使用户不得不使用服务商提供的软件如OSS(业务支持系统)来配置、管理网络。但是随着类似于SS7之类的基于Internet集成标准的引入,开发商不久就可以提供界面更友好的OSS程序,象Web浏览器一样有一个标准界面。美国通信与材料公司的经理Bill说:“这是一种工业化的标志,以网络为中心的历史过去了,必须转到以客户为中心的现实上来。”例如通信材料公司与Microsoft公司合作开发一种基于NT的自动 Dial-up network providers may soon lose their image wealth. Many dial-up network experts estimate that the dial-up application service interface will be more user friendly as Microsoft and Sun use Internet tools to upgrade dial-up networking applications. The long-term use of closed, legacy systems by dial-up Internet service providers forces users to configure and manage their networks using software from service providers such as OSS (Business Support Systems). But with the introduction of Internet-based integration standards such as SS7, developers soon will be able to provide more user-friendly OSS programs that have a standard Web browser-like interface. Bill, manager of Communications and Materials, said: “This is an industrial sign, and the history of web-centric has passed and we have to move to a customer-centric reality.” For example, Comms Materials worked with Microsoft to develop a NT-based automatic