VOiP Restrictions in UAE
September 14, 2006Scary news out of the UAE today. The local monopoly telecom / cable / internet access provider has once again decided to clamp down on VoIP. It’s even better when you realize that they’re planning their own VoIP service. That’s one hell of a business model, just eliminate the competition to ensure your success.
I also found this link over at Motorola’s website that is a good walkthrough of their HFC Voice offerings for cable based VoIP providers. Having a private voice network sure makes providing a reliable VoIP offering a lot easier.
There’s a fascinating article over at voip-magazine.com posted today about the current state of E911 coverage in the United States.
Hi all,
After travelling in Dubai (UAE) and in China, I found a software that unblock Skype and censored contents in some countries.
I know Skype is blocked or there is censor in the following countries : Belize, China, Columbia, Cuba, Jordan, UAE …
After searching internet, I found a way to make calls and to access censored content in those countries using a VPN (Virtual Private Network).
How does it works ?
A VPN encrypte the data you send on internet to a US IP adress (tunnel). This way your Internet Services Provider can’t detect you are using Skype or another VoIP software ! It allow you access to censored content and geographical locked contents (i.e: listening radio on pandora.com , watching TV streams for US residents, …).
There is a lot of VPN softwares, the first I tried was VPNaccounts. I didn’t like it because it took a lot of time for activation, it was expensive and helpdesk support was very slow.
A friend of mine who lives in Belize told me about another VPN software called Witopia personnalVPN.
Now I am using Witopia personnalVPN. It is easier to use (you just have to launch the software before launching Skype), faster and cheaper than all other VPN softwares I tried.
It costs 39.99$ and works perfectly.
You can download it from the editor’s website :
http://www.witopia.personnalvpn.helpnote.net/
Works on Windows and Mac.
I hope this post will help people who are in those countries and reducing censorship !