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Rantings of a New Yorker: This morning, I came across a post from TechCrunch, discussing the emerging markets of free phone calls to many places in the world, particulary AllFreeCalls.net. The FCC has some very complicated laws, making it, at times, difficult to understand all the fees and loopholes that phone companies have. (via Cosmos)
Blackstocks.com - The Place to Invest, Save and Create Wealth: Via TechCrunch: Iowa is apparently the only state taking advantage of an FCC kickback scheme that gives telco's a portion of the fees generated from every inbound call to an Iowa number. So when you call the AllFreeCalls phone number, a portion of any long distance (via Cosmos)
Tailrank - Top News for Today: sprints to record * DoD alters snoop database * Start encrypting those Internet calls * Eastern Europe's secret U. .."> (via Cosmos)
JaypeeOnline: Dial the AllFreeCalls number 712-858-8094 and once you’re connected, you just dial 011 + country code + number you’re calling. If you live within the US and your phone subscription allows you free long distance calls within the US, then you don’t get charged anything. (via Cosmos)
L’avant Poste: Iowa is apparently the only state taking advantage of an FCC kickback scheme that gives telco’s a portion of the fees generated from every inbound call to an Iowa number. So when you call the AllFreeCalls phone number, a portion of any long distance fees you are paying go to the company. (via Cosmos)
Techcrunch: As far as I see, the benefits are most pronounced for the Chinese, HongKongese(is this a word?), Taiwanese, Korean, Singaporeans, and some western Europeans who currently resides in the states, who actually can call the iowa number with Skype or cell phone free minutes to connect to their parties in those countries. But european mobile will not be on free-call ever, reason is #2 above. (via Cosmos)
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[Techmeme.com] Techmeme: How Apple could fight Cisco (Tom Krazit/CNET News.com): Having spent most of the last few years in front of a computer screen, immersed in a tangled web of blogging, business and cartooning, I'm starting to feel a bit deprived of culture. And I'm sure a lot of techie/geek/entrepreneurs types out there feel the same.
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