Why the MOC blocked Skype?
I only heard yesterday that MOC has blocked Skype. I thought of searching for rational reasons behind blocking a voice service rather than throw all my week’s burden on MOC blindly. So here goes. Why did the MOC block Skype?
1. Because it became a dating service?
But there are many ways for opposite sexes to communicate, and then they can easily just use cell phone, or any other voice service, like MSN. MSN is not blocked.
2. Because it’s one of those BAD PHENOMENONS our perliment formed an official committe of 5 (Team-5) to fight?
Nooo… Again there are lots of other VoIP services out there, and I don’t recall them raising it. They have more important things to do right? We’re talking about millions of KDs these days. You know what I mean
3. Because it eats bandwidth?
Well, YouTube is surely more bandwidth intensive.
Why then? Why? Skype has been available for years, and there was nothing against it. And just when PayPal was opened in Kuwait, and I thought we are moving forwar.. Ohhh. Wait a minute! PayPal allows you to pay for Skype PC-to-Phone credits, which then allows you to make cheap international calls, without paying anything to the ministry. Before, PayPal was blocked and payment to Skype was blocked. So now that they opened a payment option, they have to go and knock down each and every site they have, allowing payment through that gateway!
I knew there must be a logical explanation behind all of this. Our MOC won’t do things blindly and for no good reason. Ahh, now I’m relaxed. I have even came up with a better plan. To be fair for people with different tastes, who may have beenhappy with Skype and didn’t care a lot for PayPal:
Popularity: 15% [?]
Related Posts:
Did you enjoy this post? Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader.
Comments
The Talker: Its the limit that concerns me more than what they really are
Ansam: Read my next post :(
3baid: CORRECT AND… MOC loses money as well. Who do you think sets the international call prices, and takes part of the share? It’s MOC
If MOC is losing money then why in-god’s-name wouldn’t it OFFER a similar service instead of BLOCKING VoIP sites.. oh wait.. because its EASIER!
I wonder: if the same logic is applied then all Airlines should be blocked so people would use Kuwait Airways only… and all food products MUST be banned so we use local products only… and… You get the idea of how dumb it sounds.
Ali: Please, don’t even joke about blocking other airlines and food. As next thing you will see next morning is they are really blocked. And you won’t be able to wake up if you pinch your self either.
As a matter of fact, MOC was discussing with ISPs a VoIP service that they control. Ofcourse in that case, it would be crazy expensive and defeat the whole purpose.
skype client is workin website is blocked, if u wanna get credit, use proxy to access skype website, the whole idea about controling or blocking access in the internet i find it rediculous coz it simply can’t be controled no matter how hard they try. it’s thier loss realy. coz they spend millions of dollars to come up with ways to block but at the end there’s a way to go arround it. damn stupidity
Moe: I totally agree. Proxies and other way around blocking are there. What they oppose is the mentality and direction the country is going towards.
The one who is baring the blocking cost eventually is the ISP I believe. MOC just issues ridiculous orders, ISPs have to figure it out.
skype site blocked, also new skype software blocked but old version is working correct just MOC wanted to show its existence. I don’t know which stupid panel or programmer or expert gave them this opinion to block skype.
This things are not acceptable.
Khansaa: Indeed pretty silly. And MOC is pushing ISPs to invest more and more into blocking rather than expansion technologies.
Hey – I’ve got a nice VoIP site called http://www.indivoip.com and we even have a pre-loaded fring client that people can download to their mobile phones and make calls or cheap. I recently got a complaint from a client in Kuwait that is not able to use us with Wataniya. Does anyone know which mobile carriers do not block VoIP calls ? thanks.
you can use Black Byte Networks to unblock voip / skype / website. It has been unblocking voip / skype worldwide for more than a year. It has a 7 day free trial. After the free trial, one has to pay a year’s subscription of $49.99/-. In case the website is blocked,
send an
emailto blackbytenetworks at gmail dot com to get the executable.
regards,
Sandy
Thanks Sandy for this note. Will keep it in mind. It’s the concept of blocking that pisses me off more really.
t5aaaaaaalf t5aaaaaalf t5aaaaaaaaalf !! kl ma ilwa7d ybe ytfa2l ena ga3den n6awr. nshof hal bhaym w ilmas2olen y6l3on lna eb qrarat mthl there filthy faces ! e7ba6 wala lma hal ashkal tmsk. il7mdalah ena ga3d akaml drasty eb Canada w all the technology that I need is in my hands. So, ala y3enkm yal 7bayb bl kuwait :)
Why the MOC blocked Skype?…
Why did MOC block Skype, the voice service?
Thorough scientific analysis of the causes of this incident.
Proof of wisdom, better solutions, for a better Kuwait!…