VOICENET INC
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K


                CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934



       DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): October 11, 2000





                                 VOICENET, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


        Delaware                    333-12979                   13-3896031
(State of incorporation)     (Commission File Number)         (IRS Employer
                                                           Identification No.)


                                1040 First Avenue
                                    Suite 101
                            New York, New York 10022
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                                 (212) 642-5476
                           (Issuer's telephone number)












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Item 5.  Other Events
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         On October  11,  2000,  Voicenet,  Inc.,  a Delaware  corporation  (the
"Company") issued a press release  announcing that Mr. Frank Carr, the Company's
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,  has tendered his resignation
from both positions  effective  October 31, 2000. Mr. Alan Dawson, a Director of
the Company and the  Managing  Director of Voicenet  (Aust.),  Ltd,  which own's
approximately 80% of the Company's  outstanding  common stock, will become Chief
Executive Officer of the Company effective November 1, 2000.

Item 7. Financial statements, pro forma financial information and exhibits.
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(c)   Exhibits.

The following are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

1. Press Release dated October 11, 2000.



                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated October 20, 2000

                                               VOICENET, INC.

                                               By: /s/ Howard J. Messer
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Name: Howard J. Messer
                                                  Title: Chief Financial Officer




                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.         Description

99.1                Press Release dated October 11, 2000.








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Exhibit 99.1
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Press Release

Alan Dawson Appointed CEO of
Voicenet, Inc.

CEO of Voicenet - Aust - Ltd. to Assume U.S. CEO Role

Move Is Part Of Plan to Increase Presence In U.S. Market

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2000-- Voicenet, Inc., (AMEX: VTC - news), a
voice technology  company,  announced today that Alan Dawson,  Managing Director
and CEO of Voicenet  (Aust) Ltd., will assume the additional  responsibility  of
President and Chief Executive Officer of Voicenet,  Inc.,  effective November 1,
2000.

Mr. Dawson will replace Frank Carr, who has tendered his resignation as Chairman
and CEO of the U.S.  Company,  effective  October  31,  2000.  Mr.  Dawson  is a
qualified lawyer and holds an M.B.A and a Bachelor's degree in Business.  He has
been CEO of Voicenet (Aust) Ltd. since January 1999.

In announcing the management change, Mr. Carr said, "We believe that the time is
right and the Australian  company now has a better ability to deploy more of its
human and technological  resources to the all important American market and this
management change is the first step in that direction."

About Voicenet, Inc.

Voicenet  is a  voice  technology  company,  which  has  developed  speech-based
applications  and a voice operating  system (VOS) platform that enables cellular
and  land-based  telephone  users to create  e-mail as well as access e-mail and
other services on a real-time  interactive basis. The VOS architecture  utilizes
best-of-breed  structure  employing  licensed  technology where appropriate from
leaders in speech-to-text and text-to-speech software,  including that developed
by Voicenet's  parent  company's  licensing and marketing  associate,  Lernout &
Hauspie, the world's leading voice recognition software company.

Certain  statements  contained  in this  news  release  which  are not  based on
historical facts are forward-looking  statements,  as the term is defined in the
Private Securities  Litigation Act of 1995, and are subject to uncertainties and
risks that may cause  actual  results to  materially  differ  from  projections.
Although   Voicenet,   Inc.   believes  that  its  expectations  are  reasonable
assumptions within the bounds of its knowledge of its business operations; there
can be no  assurance  that actual  results will not differ  materially  from its
expectations.

This  release is  available on the KCSA Public  Relations  Worldwide  website at
www.kcsa.com.


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Contact:

     KCSA Public Relations Worldwide, New York
     Robert Giordano, 212/896-1289
     [email protected]

        or

     Joseph A. Mansi, 212/896-1205
     [email protected]
     www.kcsa.com





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