Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in
news:A6NXj.1334$ZB5.603@fe087.usenetserver.com:

> It is when it starts selling US phone numbers. A little Googling
> shows that they talked to the Feds to get an exemption from E911. The
> Feds seem to have classified them as a voice IM system like
> GoogleTalk, rather than a true VoIP, which protects them from the 911
> rules.
>
>> When you make
>> payment to your Skype account, you are making payments to Luxembourg.
>> Skype has no presence in the United States so is not subject to its
>> laws just because a majority of its users are US Citizens living in
>> the USA.
>
>
> Again, they sell US numbers, so they probably have to comply, else
> they wouldn't have had to seek an exemption..
>
>

But, as someone said earlier, Skype In has no calling from those numbers so
cannot initiate a 911 call on an incoming-only line. Skype Out goes
through the internet to Luxembourg where the call is internet distributed
to a regional interconnect center even the Mossad may not be able to listen
in on.

The split system, sold in pieces may have been a very good political move.