[Asterisk-biz] Anybody from voipjet here

[Andrew Latham]

They may have issues with your email address or anything that would
lead them to think that you are from MX. I use them all the time and
have had no issues. So I think that there is a reason or meaning for
this.

On 5/7/05, Anton Krall <akrall-lists at intruder.com.mx> wrote:
> 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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Andrew Latham - AKA: LATHAMA (lay-th-ham-eh)
WWW: http://lathama.com
Email: lathama at lathama.com - lathama at yahoo.com - lathama at gmail.com
If any of the above are down we have bigger problems than my email!
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