Voice-Net

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

voice-net
 n.

   Hackish way of referring to the telephone system, analogizing it to a
   digital network. Usenet {sig block}s not uncommonly include the
   sender's phone next to a "Voice:" or "Voice-Net:" header; common
   variants of this are "Voicenet" and "V-Net". Compare {paper-net},
   {snail-mail}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

voice-net

   Hackish way of referring to the {plain old telephone system},
   comparing it to a digital {network}.  {Usenet} {sig blocks}
   sometimes include the sender's telephone number next to a
   "Voice:" or "Voice-Net:" header; variants of this are
   "Voicenet" and "V-Net".

   Compare {paper-net}, {snail-mail}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-02-16)

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