"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in
news:RSmXj.217$xb2.168@fe103.usenetserver.com:

> I wondered if it has to do with where they're located (Luxemborg, or
> the Duchy of Grand Fenwick or whatever.) I need to ask Bruce Nicklin,
> the Voicestick Veep about that on the dslreports forums- he'd rather
> (like many VoIP providers) to offer 911 as an optional service, since
> he claims it costs them about a buck a month per line. His lawyers
> can probably explain why Skype is exempt, but Vonage, Voicestick, et
> al, aren't.
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Skype is in Luxembourg....for tax purposes. They are English, mostly, but
BT and taxes ran them out of that country.

It's why every time you dial out you must dial country code, area, number
completely.

(By the way, forgetting +1 for USA and dialing our 843 area code first gets
you +84 35551212 (or whatever number you dialed without +1). +84 is
Vietnam and I'd like to report Skype dials phones in Vietnam JUST FINE!)...
(c;

My apologies to all those startled Vietnamese people I've gotten out of bed
to answer their phones....