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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. Huh?? by DigiShaman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ummm ok...so what is so important about this bit of news? Are they implying that most VOIP users are democrats?

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  2. Re:no by DigiShaman · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Based on the politcal slant on Slashdot, I would say yes. Techies tend to sway Left by a large factor. Then again, Slashdot IS worldwide. And most people on the internet by virtue of being international, tend to be very liberal. I'm not saying this in a bad way, but that would be the facts.

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  3. Re:traced? by tonsofpcs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Seems more like they monitor them. With some of these VoIP agreements, you let them not only track your calls, but monitor them. Read your agreements. This has changed for many of them since they started, but some still do have a monitoring provision.

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  4. Re:no by cgadd · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My wife was suprised when I mentioned how left-leaning slashdot is overall.

    I'm curious why that is. I'm the same as you, in that I know a bunch of techies, and none of them are liberal.

    Maybe it's because slashdot has a lot of students? Or lots of unemployed techies?

  5. Re:Congratulations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting
    the world will remember the statement you as a country gave to the world today.

    Will the world remember the election as a statement? No, but hell no. My dear, misguided European friend. Let me tell you what the world will really remember in the years to come:

    1. Nuc'lear exchange with DPRK. Oh yea. It's on, baby. I guarantee if DPRK tries out a nuke, there will be a response that levels the country.
    2. Air Strikes on Iranian Nuke Plants. We might let the Israelis handle this. Or we might just do it ourselves. Either way, it looks like the Iranians have too much pride to back down on the production of weapons-grade U238. So, it will be taken out, the current chaos in Iraq notwithstanding.
    3. Mass graves in Falluja. Look for about 3K casualties in 'bout a month, give or take. Rock 'n' roll. If we can't establish order by rebuilding schools, then by god we'll level the fucking place. WE... HAVE... A... MANDATE... from the US voters to handle those fuckers with extreme prejudice, no matter how unfair it seems. Do you honestly think the shame of some massacre will shock the US population? No. Abu Ghraib shows us that you can even photograph the abuses, and we (the US population) will not fucking care.


    So, while you might think some political vote will make a mark on the world's memory, in truth, it will be the blood and gore that will leave the longest lasting impression.

    Now, you might think that this post was a bit of a flame or troll. And in truth, I had a little fun writing it. But honestly, if you really believe what you posted, then you have to admit that we're not done invading countries.

    Perhaps instead you looked at the U.S. election for some sort of apology for the past? My dear little Eurotrash, that would be absurd in America. You see, in America our elections are about the future. We do not apologize, even if we're wrong.

    I do appreciate your post, however, since it helps us Republican right-wing wackos gain courage, and claim that we have some mandate or license to run rampage around the world. Keep taunting us, and for God's sake don't try to reason with us. I can assure you, we won't disappoint your expectations.
  6. Re:Congratulations by slashdot.org · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Regardless of the outcome of the election, the world will remember the statement you as a country gave to the world today.

    Nice generalization. Just remember that the people that voted against the incumbent wanted to make a very different statement. Believe you me, it's a very sad day for a lot of US citizens (and residents, like myself)

    And actually, about 50% of the VOTERS support Bush, not 50% of Americans.

  7. Re:VoIP Democrats by borcharc · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I had 20 Republicans makeing phone calls on 8 ata's and 4 voip phones with a asterisk backend calling for four days stright. Both parties were doing this.