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China has just instated a ban for at least the next two years on VOIP communications in an attempt to secure their fixed telephone business. This has been a major setback for Skype, which has been in talks for the past year to launch their SkypeOut service in China.

From the article, “China Telecom has described Skype’s services as illegal and the newspaper said last year that China was experimenting with software in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen to block them.”

I understand protecting investments and supporting money making ventures (from the government’s perspective), however this seems like it’s just hindering technological progression.

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7 Comments

  1. Ashish K Arora Says:
    September 24th, 2007 at 1:29 am

    I dont understand why China keeps on doing such things.

  2. Hitchhiker Nation Says:
    January 9th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

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  3. Dmitriy Says:
    March 16th, 2008 at 2:56 am

    Yes, it should be banned in all the countries, as they are affecting the fixed line business.

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    September 18th, 2008 at 10:45 am

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  6. Cutlery Says:
    November 22nd, 2009 at 10:08 pm

    I am amazed to see how much is on the table in china internet censorship. They are at the fork of the roads, can’t wait to see what will happen. Now i just hope they won’t ban schwarzenegger movies where he jumps on enemies with a knife in the mouth.

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    December 16th, 2009 at 1:13 am

    Good!