On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:51:19 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5, Charles McCallister wrote:

 

I have an interesting tidbit about this VoIP communications about certain
bill  collectors using it to hide the true identity of the calling party
but won't  share it here for fear of being WAY off-topic with all of my
posts recently.    

I'll give you one. My nephew was recently in Japan for an exchange student program. My mother wanted to call him and wanted a cheap way to do it. Net2Phone was the answer. 6 cents a minute. I put the software on her computer and we dialed the number. In Japan all the phones apparently have either special rings or at his host parents home have a voice that tell you who is calling. The VOIP came in as a local 'public phone booth' which for the family was disturbing being at 6AM (they suggested the time). Causing them to have my nephew ask why first, and thinking that I had popped over to visit.




Stan Sidlov

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