"Will Kemp" <will2478@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.12.22.11.11.07.585048@gmail.com
> On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:55:41 +0000, Ivor Jones wrote:
>
> > "Tim" <nutnews@kooky.org> wrote in message
> > news:458aa61b$0$763$bed64819@news.gradwell.net
> > > ri wrote:
> > > > Are voip calls to land lines a long distance
> > > > international calls or do they travel through the
> > > > internet as far as to the target country?
> > >
> > > Either.
> > >
> > > It depends on the provider.
> >
> > Or more accurately where the provider is based.
>
> No, it's not just that. A high proportion of cheap
> international phone calls seem to go through the internet
> these days. For example, those cheap international phone
> cards.
>
> Most internet telephony service providers probably route
> international calls via the internet - that's why they're
> so cheap.

Maybe so, but that's not the question that was being asked.

Ivor