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The use isn't simply incidental; it's restricted. You have some piece of equipment which runs telephony firmware that is configured to talk to a particular server, and identify itself with some credentials that bind it to a particular line.

The user is not running a freely selected Internet-based VoIP application connecting to a server of their choice located anywhere in the world. (In which case that would be real Internet use and not incidental.)




It's restricted, but you can dial anywhere.

It's not way different than pressing the Netflix button on your TV remote and picking a movie to watch.




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