VoIP decision means Skype now illegal

derekrhodes
 December 30, 2010, 08:35 PM posted in General Discussion

http://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?

 

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bababardwan
 December 30, 2010, 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?

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kimiik

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)

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BigUniverse
 December 30, 2010, 10:36 PM

First youtube, then facebook and twitter, and now skype...sigh.

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pretzellogic
 December 31, 2010, 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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Dam_Youth_Escort

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johnb
 December 31, 2010, 01:01 AM

Eh, lots of things are illegal... 上有政策，下有对策。