Janis Kracht -> Aleksej R. Serdyukov wrote:
>>> Are they still talking about charging more $$ for telephone lines in
>>> Russia? I'd heard from some Russian points that have been connected
>>> here for a long time that this is a real possibility.
>> It seems that they've shut up about that in Moscow.
>
> That must be a relief for some people..

Yeah, it is... But I don't think there were too many people left who still
believed them.

>> free - maybe, because it's not for profit to say so), but the control for
>> "illegal" free usage of caller number detectors is
hardened now. That
>> damn
>> stupid system of them - you can use a number detector, but if you do, you
>> should pay for it - i.e., if you send a 500Hz signal into the line
>> when you
>> take the phone, you must pay.
>
> I think I understand what you mean.  Is the number detector like our
> "caller-id" where it indentifies the calling party's number?  We also
> have to pay "extra" for that service here :(

Something like that, but it shows the real number (if it got it right!) 
and not what the caller wrote about themselve. It is usually called
"Russian AON".

>>> As far as seeing the Internet shut down, well, that's not going to
>>> happen.  It is already to embedded in normal workplaces here in the
>> That's for those who don't believe it can be filtered. ;) Like now
>> Microsoft
>> helps doing in China - they filter out words like "freedom of
speech" and
>> "democracy". ;) If that's not true, good.
>
> That part is simple :)  Don't trust Microsoft :)
>
> You see, most western companies are in business to make money, and that
> is it. They have no "ideals", so to speak.  MS has to filter
those words
> out of the Chinese News Agency site or they will not be paid...

They can filter anything they want ("Linux", "monopoly"
etc) and say it's a bug. :)
Like when they made some sound files in Windows in a cracked SoundForge. :)

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