Comments on: Vonage is being blocked?

By: TT

TT — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:27:57 +0000

Well all I can say is it is happeneing to me now….is there a way around it? Something that I can do?

By: Ajay

Ajay — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Lawrence Lessig did warn about this in his book “Code And Other Laws of Cyberspace”. Companies are breaking the end-to-end semantics of the Internet for their own benefit.

By: Charlie Sierra

Charlie Sierra — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Of course the other option is for SBC customers to not switch Vongae — but instead switch to another IP service provider like cable or wireless service providers.

By: Andy Abramson

Andy Abramson — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Adelphia did this to CallVantage a while back, but AT&T worked around it. Seems Vonage should be smart enough to. Then again, maybe they’re not.

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Don’t be so sure that having to label one’s service restricted would be a disincentive. This can easly be spun into a positive by claiming “we only give you the good/safe parts of the internet.” Indeed almost all of the advertising I see from Verizon, AOL, Netscape, and others talks about how they are doing more to keep their members safe. To legitimize blocking outside VoIP all one has to do is claim it is being done to improve security.

By: Martin Neumann

Martin Neumann — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

As more and more ISPs get into providing their own voip services this is bound to happen. And to me it’s simply anti-competitive! Full Stop!

Unless it’s security-related (and I’m sure that’s an argument they’ll eventually put up) traffic of all kinds should be allowed.

I would be fuming if I were a customer at a particular ISP and decided to use and sign up with a third-party voip provider only to have a second-rate disruptive service - all because my ISP wanted voip all for itself.

The FCC should crack down hard on this.

By: ozVoIPdaily.com

ozVoIPdaily.com — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Blocking VoIP Traffic

Troubling (but not surprising) news coming out of the US this week of local exchange carriers blocking voip traffic to Vonage services.

COMMENT: AUTHOR: Frank Muto

What goes on with the “public” Internet is much different that a providers own network they own/lease and maintain.

For example; for a wireless provider, what goes on their network from their pop to the end user is their pipe.

From the pop back to the upstream provider and through to the “public” Internet, is another issue of little control in most cases.