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Thread ID: 63063	2005-10-28 06:06:00	Backlash against free internet calls	manicminer (4219)	PC World Chat

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400047	2005-10-28 06:06:00	This New Scientist article this week caught my eye. For some reason, the first thing that came into my head was "Telecom". www.newscientist.com Backlash against free internet calls MANY of the phone companies that own the wires connecting people to the internet are gearing up to block free phone calls that use voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology. The online edition of IEEE Spectrum, the house journal of the US Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, says phone companies in France, Germany, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have announced they will block VoIP calls on their networks. New software from Narus of Mountain View, California, will help them do it. Called IP Platform, it can detect VoIP's characteristic data packets, allowing the phone company to block or de-prioritise them. This either stops the call entirely or makes it sound awful, and the companies hope this will drive people back to paid-for phones.	manicminer (4219)
400048	2005-10-28 07:14:00	commerce commission	wotz (335)
400049	2005-10-29 06:44:00	Interesting issue. If you have a contract with Telecom for an internet connection, should they be able to interfere with some of the data types you send/receive?	Winston001 (3612)
400050	2005-10-29 06:53:00	Seeing as how there profit margin is so low,I think so. ;)	Cicero (40)
400051	2005-10-29 08:10:00	Telecom like other operators is moving to a Voice over IP network. These VOIP networks probably won't be the same as the "internet" but will probably be ring fenced. I'd imagine the various companies will make choices as to what types of data move in and out of their networks	PaulD (232)
400052	2005-10-29 20:28:00	The next thing Post Offices around the world well try and stop us sending emails as people are not posting as much mail as they use too. Trevor :)	Trev (427)
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