I'm trying to joing the Skype revolution. I really like the idea. The addition of SkypeOut and now SkypeIn make it seem like it might be enough to make me finally ditch the land-line.

But I tried to use it call Grace the other night on her Verizon cell phone. No dice. "This area has been blocked. SF005."

What a shock. An industrial establishment tries to sabotage a disruptive technologies that consumers clearly want to use. Just for once, couldn't they just do the decent thing and allow themselves to be driven out of business?