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    <p>Yes and thank you as well for posting this page.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/16/2025 4:53 AM, Randall Svihla
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span>
                Patentpractice
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">&lt;patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a>
                <b><span>On Behalf Of </span></b>Carl Oppedahl via
                Patentpractice<br>
                <b><span>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 16, 2025 6:45 AM<br>
                <b><span>To:</span></b> For patent practitioners. This
                is not for laypersons to seek legal advice.
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">&lt;patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a><br>
                <b><span>Cc:</span></b> Carl Oppedahl
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com">&lt;carl@oppedahl.com&gt;</a><br>
                <b><span>Subject:</span></b> [Patentpractice] impossible
                to place a telephone call to China?</span></p>
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        <p><span>Today I picked up my office phone and tried to dial the
            telephone number of a patent firm in China.  The country
            code is 86, of course (China) and the next couple of digits
            are 10 (for Beijing).  I got a fast busy signal.</span></p>
        <p><span>I opened a ticket with our telephone company
            (VOIP.MS).  What I heard back was a surprise:</span></p>
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          <p><span>Due to new regulations in China currently VoIP calls
              aren't connecting to the called destinations.</span></p>
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        <p><span>This makes it sound like it's not just me.  Maybe
            nobody from anywhere in the world is able to place telephone
            calls to China?</span></p>
        <p><span>Have others run into this?</span></p>
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