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Old May 16th, 2008, 06:44 PM
danny burstein
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Default skype, was: analog sunset & 911 access

In <Xns9AA0B84E48FF6noonehomecom@208.49.80.253> Larry <noone@home.com> writes:

>Skype is in Luxembourg....for tax purposes. They are English, mostly, but
>BT and taxes ran them out of that country.


Can they still pull that off given ebay purchased them?

>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;


Just wondering... does skype interconnect to
the Cuban, North Korean, and PSTNs ("regular phones")
in the other countries the US pretends don't exist?

Anyone know? Thanks
>My apologies to all those startled Vietnamese people I've gotten out of bed
>to answer their phones....


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