12Planet - offers chat server, software, and asp services.
Alphaworks IRC client - From IBM research.
Apirc - ID Net - IRC Java Software
Astound - offers web conferencing solutions that provide online interactive meetings, multimedia presentations, chat, and document sharing in real-time.
Babelchat - Chat software and hosting which is different in that it involves sessions.
Balisoft Technologies Inc. - provides live internet contact, creating personalized customer service and contact environments that are comfortable and secure.
BeeCall Service - A free service that lets you talk with a microphone to other BeeCall users. Supports instant voice messages or "live intercom" mode. If a user is off-line, messages are stored for later retrieval. BeeLink embeds a BeeCall icon in web pages.
Buddy Phone - Lets you directly voice chat over the Internet by directly connecting via IP address to others using buddyPhone. Also provides full ICQ integration which allows you to directly connect to another user through ICQ.
Cahoots - provider of Live Web-Wide Communications, a service enabling users to interact live via voice, text, and messaging at any site on the Web.
Chat Blazer - A complete chat solution and online helpdesk for businesses online.
Chat Pro - Web interface allows new users to get started without initialization.
ChatSpace - sells chat systems for Windows. Also sponsors several chat rooms.
CheetaChat
Comms4free - Lists only freeware or ad-ware communications software, including text chat, voice chat, and video chat. Descriptions provided.
Conflab.com - free service enabling family-friendly internet conferencing for voice, video, and data calls.
CustomChat Inc. - Provides all the tools necessary to implement your own customizable, branded, web-based, multimedia and ecommerce enabled conference rooms on a web site.
DarkFire - IRC Network. Our own IRCd, information, and a java-based client!
DigiChat - Commercial Java-based software package that runs on any compatible operating system. Available in hosting and license packages.
DonnyWorld, Inc. - realtime animation chat world system lets you explore, chat, and play in an animated world.
Duet - Duet is a one-to-one chatting client, supporting video and audio communication. Access to this site requires a version 4 browser, java support and a large screen resolution.
Encryption Software - developers of encryption software for ICQ and other instant messengers.
eShare Technologies - delivers total business solutions for building real-time interaction and community on Web sites, extranets and intranets
eTetra.com - web-based software enabling real-time, interactive communications (chat, VoIP, push, web touring, remote technical support) with online customers.
Firetalk - A voice communication service combining voice and conference calling with online text messaging and chat. Find friends online and talk to them in real time using only a PC (with speakers, a microphone or headset) and the Internet.
FreeTel - FreeTel provides real-time full-duplex voice communication via the Internet
Gooey - A tool which enables people simultaneously browsing the same web site to communicate with each other.
HumanClick - offers instant messaging chat service which connects Web site visitors with live sales person and customer service agent.
ichat - client and server software for accessing and running chat sites (IRC, MUDs, telnet) with extensions, including powerful WWW integration.
iChat Online - A multiuser, client/server chat package for Windows. Currently still in Beta testing and not yet having a wide user-base. Good for those who find other chat systems too crowded.
ICUII - software and video chat community.
International Business Systems, Inc. - produces LiveAssistance, a web call center (in-house or outsourced) that offers communication through text chat.
Internet Chat Systems, Inc. - WWW, IRC and Telnet chat interfaces. Chat on IRC right now, through java enabled browsers. Add chat rooms to your Web site now.
IParty - Designed for real-time, multi-party audio chat over the Internet. Uses queued audio technology to enable group conversations over the high-latency parts of the Internet.
Java Chat - Added service with the DreamTime system.
Java Chat Applet Source Code - Information on writing java chat client server applets for web based chat systems.
Kaff - Open source (GPL) released Java 2 chat client and server. Client may run as either applet or application and the server is available in both gui and console versions. Java literate web developers can customize it to thier own needs.
LivePerson - provides real-time customer service and online sales support via browser-based chat.
MayWeHelp.com - offers live customer contact solutions for website owners. Technology includes one-to-one text chat, browser push, streaming video, and VoIP.
myESP - enables web surfers to form instant chat groups with others searching for the same thing.
NetDive - makers of CUChat, chat software written entirely in Java.
Odigo - locate people by interests, see other users on the same page/site you're on, find out what sites are popular, find the most popular sites by topic, post notes and talk to other Odigo users.
OpenVerse Visual Chat - The OpenVerse is similar to other graphical chat systems like The Palace and Microsoft Chat with the main difference being that it is much more ' open ' and also runs on a wide variety of OS types.
Outer Worlds - offers a 3D multi user chat system.
Paltalk - Paltalk is a voice and text chat program that lets you define a personal contact list similar to ICQ. Paltalk lets you actually speak to other users in real-time over the internet for free. With Voice chat groups, added privacy, file transfer and resizeable windows.
ParaChat - Java chat solution created by Paralogic Software Corporation.
Paralogic Software Corporation - developers of Parachat hosting and server software.
Party Project - hosts online parties, sales meetings, and open houses. Components of services include chat, and image scanning and presentations.
PeopleLink - developers of software that notifies you when your friends are online and lets you send them messages.
QuickChat - Add a chat room to your webpage.
RealChat Software - A commercial website chat solution. The package includes client and server software. Free evaluation available.
SPiN Chat System 2.3 - java client and server
Talk To A Person - allows customers to chat instantly with sales and customer service staff.
The Kiss Principle - invents, designs, and develops Conversational Interfaces to enhance consumer use of television, the Internet, applications, and services.
The Park - Real-time voice chat by FireTalk-On-The-Web. Chat with friends live using our chatrooms or take them surfing to favorite websites.
TourBar.com - chat and browsing tool that allows web surfers to create, search, or guide tours of the web.
Trivium - allows you to host quizzes in AOL chat rooms.
UniVerse - chat client that directly interfaces with any IRCX protocol chat server and delivers real-time, instantaneous translations of all the text in supported languages.
Versadial - Supplier of logging and recording software including a sound-card and multi-channel digital telephone recorder and voice logger.
Visitalk.com - Free calls and chat anywhere in the world with NetMeeting or CU-SeeMe. Includes voice and video support.
VocalTec - Providers of integrated communication solutions, including software to allow web-page visitors to call any telephone from their multimedia PC. A useful solution for customer support.
Volano LLC - Client and server Java software for providing chat at your Web site or for running your own world wide chat network.
Wander - By dragging the address or link in a browser to this software, you can publicly or privately talk to other users reading the same webpage.
WebMaster, Inc. - product suite includes ConferenceRoom, BackPack, NewsRoom, and WebConsole.
Websoft, Inc. - offers chat and commerce solutions for your web site.
WebTelecom - gives you a new identity like an Email. Enables you to get Iphone calls from people clicking on your IPN. Internet PBX services enable site owner to convert their web site into Internet call center.