本地通话

史蒂夫·乔布斯（SteveJobs）通过iPhone成为电子设备教父，不过他很久之前就开始了高科技事业，做的是盗用本地通话线路从而实现免费远程通话。

Long before the iPhone made him the god of gadgets , Steve Jobs launched his tech career by hacking land lines to make free long-distance calls .

本地通话是免费的，但别说的太长。

Local calls are free , but don 't stay on too long .

然后它利用在全球各地建立的200个终接点中的两个点，在通话双方的公共电话网络上建立起他们之间的最终连接，并为这些基本上属于本地通话的呼叫向电信公司付费。

Then it uses two of the 200 termination points it has established around the world to establish the final links between the two parties on their public telephone networks , paying the incumbents for these essentially local calls .

很多运营商现在已经完全废除了通话收费，取而代之的是每月收取固定的费用，为客户提供不限量的本地、国内通话，甚至还包裹一些国际通话。

Many operators have now done away with call charges altogether and instead offer unlimited local , national and even some international calls for a flat monthly fee .