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Internet Phones Replacing POTS In Japan

Posted by timothy on from the overdue-over-here dept.

prostoalex writes: "CNN reports on growth of Internet phone services in Japan. The high cost of telephone calls, which many saw as an impediment to spread of the Internet is right now actually a menace to plain old phone companies, as more and more people are switching to VoIP services."

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  1. Replacing pot? by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess replacing it's easier than legalizing it.

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  2. Overload. by AgTiger · · Score: 5, Funny

    So now someone's telephone can be slashdotted?

  3. hmm.. by the+way,+what're+you · · Score: 3, Funny

    POTS? Don't you mean WOKS?

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  4. In Other News by dmarx · · Score: 2, Funny

    The TIAJ (Telephone Industry Association of Japan) announced that they would be asking the Diet [Japanese Congress] to pass the DMTA (Digital Millennium Telephone Act), which would make VoIP illegal. "These people get all the benefits of telephone service, but none of the profits go to us!", TIAJ chairman Shinji Shinjisan said. "This needs to change."

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