The stakes are high: With cell numberportability looming, wireless users who get fed up with paying for incoming spam could desert their carriers in droves.
The Associated Press tracked down one of our favorite ruthless salesmen, MagicJack CEO Dan Borislow, who described a service much like Google Voice and Skype, numberportability and all -- except it adds the whole allowing-free-calls-to-regular-ol-telephones bit by charging the companies that carry incoming calls.
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