analog sunset & 911 access

At 17 May 2008 15:00:14 +0000 Larry wrote:

> Your omnipotent view of the FCC and USA Bureaucrats is flawed. Skype is
> NOT a USA company, so is NOT subject to its laws/flaws.

It is when it starts selling US phone numbers. A little Googling shows
that they talked to the Feds to get an exemption from E911. The Feds seem
to have classified them as a voice IM system like GoogleTalk, rather than a
true VoIP, which protects them from the 911 rules.

> When you make
> payment to your Skype account, you are making payments to Luxembourg.
> Skype has no presence in the United States so is not subject to its laws
> just because a majority of its users are US Citizens living in the USA.


Again, they sell US numbers, so they probably have to comply, else they
wouldn't have had to seek an exemption..

On 2008-05-17, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:
> Dennis Ferguson <dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote in
> news:slrng2uags.4t.dcferguson@akit-ferguson.com:
>
>> If you are using Skype call forwarding to forward inbound calls to
>> your cell phone the calls aren't free, they're 2.1 cents/minute
>> plus the 4 cent connection charge. Unlike other VoIP operators,
>> Skype's flat rate plans only cover calls you dial. Forwarded calls
>> are charged at normal per-minute rates.
>
> Not if you have Skype Out Unlimited, then they're free.
>
> Forwarding to my cell costs me nothing extra....about $2.08/month
> unlimited.

Ah, you're right. It wasn't included with Skype Pro or the
old US & Canada unlimited, but it is now. Now it is like
the other operators.

Dennis Ferguson

Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in
news:A6NXj.1334$ZB5.603@fe087.usenetserver.com:

> It is when it starts selling US phone numbers. A little Googling
> shows that they talked to the Feds to get an exemption from E911. The
> Feds seem to have classified them as a voice IM system like
> GoogleTalk, rather than a true VoIP, which protects them from the 911
> rules.
>
>> When you make
>> payment to your Skype account, you are making payments to Luxembourg.
>> Skype has no presence in the United States so is not subject to its
>> laws just because a majority of its users are US Citizens living in
>> the USA.
>
>
> Again, they sell US numbers, so they probably have to comply, else
> they wouldn't have had to seek an exemption..
>
>

But, as someone said earlier, Skype In has no calling from those numbers so
cannot initiate a 911 call on an incoming-only line. Skype Out goes
through the internet to Luxembourg where the call is internet distributed
to a regional interconnect center even the Mossad may not be able to listen
in on.

The split system, sold in pieces may have been a very good political move.

Dennis Ferguson <dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote in
news:slrng2vb8p.o7.dcferguson@akit-ferguson.com:

> Ah, you're right. It wasn't included with Skype Pro or the
> old US & Canada unlimited, but it is now. Now it is like
> the other operators.
>
> Dennis Ferguson
>
>

I installed Skype into a Best Buy demo Sony PSP-2000 video game, this
afternoon, but was unable to use it because there was no headphone/mic
available, a proprietary, of course, headphone with a wierd plug. I did
call it from my Skype on the tablet and I could hear it ringing. I called
the tablet from it and it rang the tablet so I guess it really does work.
I was using the hobbled up Best Buy wifi through BB's filter, which, of
course, is quite useless to filter out Skype.