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<p>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.</p>
<p>I opened a ticket with our telephone company (VOIP.MS). What I
heard back was a surprise:</p>
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<p>Due to new regulations in China currently VoIP calls aren't
connecting to the called destinations.</p>
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<p>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?</p>
<p>Have others run into this?<br>
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