Comments on: Finally Doing It http://www.seanpaune.com/2006/12/28/finally-doing-it/ Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:04:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Luis http://www.seanpaune.com/2006/12/28/finally-doing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-12526 Luis Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:23:59 +0000 http://seanpaune.com/?p=904#comment-12526 VoIP phone service is a standard option for Japanese Internet packages nowadays; I've been using it for almost two years now, and it is seamless--works just like my old phone system, I can't tell the difference except for the blinking light on my modem/router when I am talking on the phone. As a side benefit, I get a second phone number for the same phone, a universal 050 "area" code prefix, in addition to my old phone number with the geographic area code. The 050 prefix even allows me unlimited free calls to others using the same service, not a small thing in Japan, where local calls are not free. The Seattle PI had <a href="http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=phones30&date=20031130" rel="nofollow">this story on VoIP</a> three years ago when it was in the process of getting approved. VoIP phone service is a standard option for Japanese Internet packages nowadays; I’ve been using it for almost two years now, and it is seamless–works just like my old phone system, I can’t tell the difference except for the blinking light on my modem/router when I am talking on the phone. As a side benefit, I get a second phone number for the same phone, a universal 050 “area” code prefix, in addition to my old phone number with the geographic area code. The 050 prefix even allows me unlimited free calls to others using the same service, not a small thing in Japan, where local calls are not free.

The Seattle PI had this story on VoIP three years ago when it was in the process of getting approved.

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