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On a note similar to remailers, has anyone ever given consideration to creating an "outdial" service? [a redialer operation for telephones]

I've been wanting to do this for years. As soon as we get a digital coin system running, I'm going to work on getting one up in Berkeley. There are some interesting issues here similar to remailers. Fancy schemes tend not to be all that secure because the in-band audio signalling is not conducive to crypto. Just having the redirection service is enough now to disrupt Caller-ID. When ISDN is standard, you can you the money transaction on the D channel, out of band, and digital. Eric