[Asterisk-biz] Anybody from voipjet here

Sat May 7 09:57:59 MST 2005

6 days of patience and no email replies so far??? 

|-----Original Message-----
|From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com 
|[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
|Danny Froberg
|Sent: Sábado, 07 de Mayo de 2005 05:18 a.m.
|To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
|Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] Anybody from voipjet here
|
|Probably just a glitch, they're usually great to deal with, 
|have patience & a little faith ;)
|
|/D
|
|On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 20:05 -0500, Anton Krall wrote:
|> Telmex is doing this in some cases, in my case with voipjet.. I went 
|> to voipjet and opened a new account, added some money and 
|its working again....
|> So my old account seems to be stuck with some money still in it and 
|> voipjet wont answer my emails or transfer the money from the 
|old one to the new one.
|> 
|> 
|> |-----Original Message-----
|> |From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
|> |[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Pete 
|> |Largo
|> |Sent: Viernes, 06 de Mayo de 2005 05:09 p.m.
|> |To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'
|> |Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] Anybody from voipjet here
|> |
|> |Mexico Phone Operator Telmex Blocking VoIP Traffic And Websites
|> |
|> |
|> |
|> |Mexico Telephone Operator Under VoIP Fire
|> |
|> |April 25, 2005
|> |
|> |By Ben Charny
|> |
|> |Broadband customers of Mexico's dominant telephone operator say the 
|> |quality of their voice over Internet Protocol calls has 
|tanked, with 
|> |some alleging that Telmex is engaging in unfair business 
|practices to 
|> |block VoIP competition.
|> |
|> |VoIP, freely available software that lets broadband connections 
|> |become inexpensive home phone lines, is seen as a major threat to 
|> |entrenched phone operators such as Telmex because VoIP users no 
|> |longer need a local phone service; they can use their VoIP service 
|> |with any broadband connection anywhere in the world.
|> |
|> |International operators and habitues of the less urbane 
|world of Web 
|> |forums are venting about the government-owned operator's alleged 
|> |practices, which they say include blocking Web sites that VoIP 
|> |operators use to register new customers and perform a bulk of their 
|> |customer service.
|> |"We're definitely interested in this situation," said a White House 
|> |trade official, who asked not to be named. "Telmex has had a long 
|> |pattern of engaging in anti-competitive behavior."
|> |
|> |In a March report, the White House's Office of the U.S. Trade 
|> |Representative
|> |wrote: "Uncertainty regarding the treatment of voice over Internet 
|> |Protocol services in Mexico is cause for concern.
|> |Irrespective of the merits of Telmex's ambitions, 
|restrictions on the 
|> |ability of any entity, foreign or domestic, to supply VoIP appears 
|> |inappropriate."
|> |
|> |Telmex did not respond to a phone call and an e-mail 
|seeking comment 
|> |on the situation.
|> |
|> |Caller complaints escalate
|> |
|> |The Telmex VoIP situation has grown since mid-March, when the 
|> |company's broadband customers say the quality of their third-party 
|> |voice over Internet Protocol calls began eroding to what are now 
|> |unbearable levels, according to e-mail interviews with VoIP 
|customers 
|> |who routinely call in and out of Mexico.
|> |
|> |VoIP operators are running into an alleged problem typical in 
|> |countries where there's one phone company owned by the 
|> |government--such as Qatar, Costa Rica and Panama--or 
|privately owned 
|> |and with enormous sway over regulators. In Mexico, the former 
|> |government-owned Telmex remains dominant because the Federal 
|> |Telecommunications Commission lets complaints from foreign 
|> |competitors linger without resolution for years; and its 
|recommended 
|> |enforcement is rarely meted by the nation's Secretariat of 
|> |Communications and Transportation, according to the USTR.
|> |
|> |Skype spokeswoman Kelly Larabee said the company has confirmed its 
|> |Web site is being blocked in areas served by Telmex, but said the 
|> |cause was unclear.
|> |
|> |"We encourage all Telmex broadband subscribers to contact their ISP 
|> |and demand the open access they pay for," Larabee said. She 
|stressed 
|> |that Skype does not know whether the Web site access issue is 
|> |deliberate, or a temporary glitch Telmex is unaware of.
|> |
|> |This may be happening because Telmex allegedly identifies 
|VoIP users 
|> |based on the kind of traffic they send, then chokes their bandwidth 
|> |to disrupt the calls, said Brooke Schulz, a spokeswoman for 
|U.S. Net 
|> |phone provider Vonage.
|> |
|> |
|> |Telmex is also allegedly blocking access to Net phone Web sites, 
|> |including that of Skype, the world's most popular VoIP 
|service, Skype 
|> |says it has confirmed. By blocking the site, Telmex could prevent 
|> |potential Skype users from signing up, and existing Skype users 
|> |wouldn't be able to replenish minutes on their prepaid 
|calling cards 
|> |or order other premium services.
|> |
|> |"We're working on exercising our options with the U.S. trade 
|> |representative," Schulz said. "However, because we're not a Mexican 
|> |company, we have little leverage with the Mexican regulator. But 
|> |we're doing everything we can."
|> | 
|> |
|> |-----Original Message-----
|> |From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
|> |[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Anton 
|> |Krall
|> |Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 4:31 PM
|> |To: 'Andrew Latham'; 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk 
|> |Discussion'
|> |Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] Anybody from voipjet here
|> |
|> |Yes.. Why? 
|> |
|> ||-----Original Message-----
|> ||From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
|> ||[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Andrew 
|> ||Latham
|> ||Sent: Viernes, 06 de Mayo de 2005 01:31 p.m.
|> ||To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
|> ||Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Anybody from voipjet here
|> ||
|> ||are you in mexico......?
|> ||
|> ||On 5/6/05, Anton Krall <akrall-lists at intruder.com.mx> wrote:
|> ||> Anybody from voipjet reading this list?
|> ||> 
|> ||> I've had many problem with my voipjet account and sent about
|> ||5 emails
|> ||> for which I've had no replies so far...
|> ||> 
|> ||> Whats up with them and their "fastsupport" email?
|> ||> 
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