] TELUS blocks long distance direct-dialed calls to four
] countries to help reduce "modem hijacking"

This is a growing trend I've noticed recently, where hardware solutions are needed to fix simply software security issues, because the software people can't get their head out of their asses.

See a great article in ACM about this here: http://acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=160

Hardware again fixing Software security