[Asterisk-biz] Israel to block International VoIP calls?

[Yair Hakak]

anyone who wants more information on this issue is welcome to contact
me off-list. now you all know you have a regulator lurking around...

-yair

p.s. our formal VoIP policy is coming soon, and i will post it here
whe it is ready. I am sure you will all like it, it is very
progressive.


On 12/16/05, Jean-Michel Hiver <jhiver at ykoz.net> wrote:
> JP Carballo a écrit :
>
> > I may be guessing as to the content of the following site as I cannot
> > access the full article, but if anyone has read the whole thing I,
> > (and others too I hope), would be interested to know.
> >
> > http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000034211&fid=942
> >
> > Apologies if this was posted earlier and I just missed reading it in
> > the flood of * emails....
> >
> http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/voip/israel-not-blocking-voip.asp
>
> I find it funny in the article when they describe companies that do
> international bypass as "piratical". I guess when you don't like
> competition, you start calling people "pirates" (yarrrr!) and
> "terrorists". Soon we'll have a "VoIP funds terrorism" campaign, you'll see.
>
> Personally I think the grey route market is only a natural response to a
> severe market distortion. Phones companies want people to believe it's
> much more expensive to call overseas because it's, well, "overseas" when
> the overhead cost is in fact minimal.
>
> And they also want arbitrary "call termination" charges on their network
> which is beyond comprehension to me. It's like saying "to you the price
> is X but to you the price is Z, essentially for the same service".
>
> But y'all know that already so I'm not preaching in the right place :)
>
> Cheers,
> Jean-Michel.
>
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