SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in
news:468455a0$0$27223$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net:

> Larry wrote:
>
>> There IS a need for Skype with my cellphone. If I'm going to call a
>> company, even my cellphone company, I use Skype if available as it
>> has no per minute charge with Skype Unlimited. It is also INVALUABLE
>> calling any toll free number you don't want to hijack your cellphone
>> number. All callers on Skype Out have the same number 000-012-3456,
>> which boggles most systems looking for "unavailable", etc.
>
> One strange thing I've noticed with Talk Loop is that when I call some
> numbers I get a recording telling that the party does not accept calls
> from blocked numbers, then I have to state my name, and the system
> announces me to the called party who decides whether or not to accept
> the call. However the called party swears up and down that they do not
> have any such service that blocks calls from any number (I'm calling
> into BellSouth in Florida).
>

I get the occasional refusal to my Skype Out call. Sometimes the
equipment seems to check if the caller ID is real, or is listed on some
blacklist database in the bowels of the beast.

I didn't want to talk to them, anyways.....(c;

Larry
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