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   Outlawing VoIP

   

   dorpus, Aug 27th, 2004 @ 8:35pm

   
   

   Well, maybe VoIP will fail on its own anyway -- bad audio quality, networks that won't talk to each other, VoIP spam. I imagine there could be VoIP "worms" that make calls to people making death threats, telling them all their personal information.
   
   

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   Re: Outlawing VoIP

   

   Seedo, Aug 27th, 2004 @ 10:53pm

   
   

   (1) This story has nothing to do with VoIP
   
   (2) These days, many VoIP networks have better-than-POTS quality
   
   (3) Almost all VoIP networks now have interconnect
   
   Do you ever get facts right?

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   Re: Outlawing VoIP

   

   dorpus, Aug 28th, 2004 @ 1:17am

   
   

   1. Won't spoofing caller ID be easier on VoIP? This type of forum is full of techies eager to boast that they don't have a land line anymore.
   
   2. and 3.: VoIP companies and VoIP enthusiasts claim this, but the reality is otherwise.
   

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   Telemarketers can already do this

   

   DV Henkel-Wallace, Aug 28th, 2004 @ 8:31am

   
   

   ANI information is normally sent by the originating equipment. "Caller ID" is only accurate when you have a single line to the switch (i.e. residential and small commercial customers). Any business with a T-1 or ISDN connection through their PBX to the CO (i.e. any business with more than about 12 lines or so, depending on tariff) can generate any caller-ID string they want.

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   Re: Outlawing VoIP

   

   Anonymous Coward, Aug 29th, 2004 @ 7:56pm

   
   

   Do you ever get facts right?
   
   No, that is part of the charm of Dorpus here. He can't be bothered with facts, just his adjenda.
   
   You are not the 1st person to notice Dorpus's position on Techdirt of chief spewer of crap.
   
   

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   Why worrying with spoofing ANI when VOIP is better

   

   packetman, Aug 30th, 2004 @ 7:08am

   
   

   What would prohibit a Private Investigator from firing up a VOIP number and changing it every couple of months?

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   Spoofing

   

   Spoofing, Feb 11th, 2005 @ 6:02pm

   
   

   Go to www.covertcall.com/6133
   
   this site offers caller id spoofing.
   
   check it out. only 5 cents a minute...
   
   there is a free test you can do.
   
   so goto the link, register your phone number and call your self off the test to see different numbers come up on your caller id.
   
   when you register though, know that your using your phone number, and u wont be able to register that # again.

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   Anonymous Coward, Dec 5th, 2006 @ 10:48am

   
   

   here is another site that is doing it:
   
   www.thezerogroup.com

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   This is serious!

   

   Josh @ Caller ID Spoofing, Dec 15th, 2008 @ 12:14am

   
   

   We had a guy at my work spoofing his caller ID so that people wouldn't know he was calling from work. Well, I guess he got pissed off one day, one thing lead to another, and he made some threats against some pretty important people. Needless to say, some more important people came knocking.
   Check out my guide to PROPERLY Spoof Caller ID
   Nice article from the "This will be fun dept". Josh

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