voice-net Hackish way of referring to the {plain old telephone system}, comparing it to a digital {network}. {Usenet} {sig block}s 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)