VoIP decision means Skype now illegal
derekrhodes
December 30, 2010 at 08:35 PM posted in General Discussionhttp://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/7246526.html
"The Chinese regulator has declared Internet phone services other than those provided by China Telecom and China Unicom as illegal..."
Oi. What does this mean for chinesepod?
pretzellogic
December 31, 2010 at 12:47 AM
At this point, I'd say this is round 1. This reminds me of the entire flap around the "Green Dam-Youth Escort" software. I guess we can only hope that this decision around VoIP evolves the same way.
BigUniverse
December 30, 2010 at 10:36 PM
First youtube, then facebook and twitter, and now skype...sigh.
bababardwan
December 30, 2010 at 09:21 PM
Wa, what an unpopular decision that would be. The key sentence from that article in the interim is:
The ministry gave no timetable on when the ruling takes effect
How do the 百姓 protest such decisions in China?
kimiik
December 30, 2010 at 10:13 PM
That's the chinese way to promote the VoIP solutions of China Telecom and China Unicom. But why the end of the holiday season ?
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CHA :o|
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CHU ;o)
johnb
December 31, 2010 at 01:01 AMEh, lots of things are illegal... 上有政策，下有对策。