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CONCERNS ARISE AS INTERNET CALLERS PICK OWN AREA CODES
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 19:09:40 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: July 8, 2004 11:19:10 AM EDT To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>Subject: [Dewayne-Net] CONCERNS ARISE AS INTERNET CALLERS PICK OWN AREA CODES
Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com CONCERNS ARISE AS INTERNET CALLERS PICK OWN AREA CODES Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) is raising worrisome questions for law-enforcement officials, regulators and emergency agencies in part because it may accelerate the end of location-based phone numbers as we know them. The process of freeing phone numbers from fixed locationsstarted with the spread of cellphones over the past decade. With Internet
phone service, callers from anywhere in the U.S. or around the world can adopt nearly any U.S. area code they like, a prospect that has alreadycreated a run on desirable area codes such as Manhattan's 212 and Beverly
Hills's 310. Even international callers could obtain US exchanges for savings in long distance bills and allowing offshore companies to fakeoffices and legitimacy with a U.S. area code. But law enforcement officials
can't tap into VoIP calls due to both technological limitations andregulatory uncertainty and VoIP systems are not connected to 911 emergency
services. [SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Christopher Rhoads at christopher.rhoads () wsj com]<http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB108923965170657887,00.html? mod=todays_us_marketplace>
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