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U.S. Election Gives VoIP Traffic A Bump

Posted by timothy on from the far-out-to-mainstream dept.

phoneboy writes "According to this news story on Voxilla.com, a number of VoIP service providers have experienced higher-than-normal call volumes today. The calls were traced to mostly Democratic volunteers making calls in key battleground states."

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  1. VoIP Democrats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it because the Republicans didn't need the calls, or that they couldn't figure out the VoIP software?

  2. Calls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Those calls really helped too.

  3. mostly Democratic volunteers by Threni · · Score: 5, Funny

    > The calls were traced to mostly Democratic volunteers making calls in key
    > battleground states."

    Well, given that they'll all be crying, I guess at least there'll be a good compression ratio!

  4. Re:What have you done?????? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps if foreigners had stayed out of trying to influence the Ohio election, the outcome might have been different. We don't like outsiders telling us what to do.

  5. Or... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Preparing for a possible civil war. (I think Bush will strike first but blame the democrats, before the provisional ballots or recounts or appeals are done).

    Don't forget: in the event of a civil war, food shipments may be irregular, so plant a garden.

  6. Re:Give it up Kerry by Jason+Earl · · Score: 2, Funny

    It would appear that Kerry's mathematical skills are as poor as Bush's grammatical skills.