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Phone Numbers Go Locationless

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-where-are-you-calling-from dept.

flipper65 writes "Well, it looks like one of the last bastions of the regional Bells is under attack. Now your VoIP provider can give you their own area code and exchange. With the proliferation of broadband and voice services, your land line is now as mobile as your cell phone, and cheaper. Look for this to turn in to a battle royal. The regional bells will not go quietly into that good night."

3 of 233 comments (clear)

  1. How can I say ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't care, I'm deaf !

  2. Hmmm... by Wes+Janson · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not so sure this is a good thing. In any case, it's truly the end of an era. So long, farewell.

    Now when you get that phone call shouting "FP!" you'll never really know where it came from.

  3. Ma Bell is back by alexwcovington · · Score: 5, Funny

    With a vengeance, too. I doubt AT&T in its heyday was less scrupulous than these guys. Next thing you know they'll be charging us for long distance Internet.

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    (It's never too late to join the Renaissance)