Comments on: VSNL, a new voice giant awakens.

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:47:17 +0000

Aswath, not every country recognizes every other country as you saw with Taiwan. From Ask Yahoo!, ” Depending on your criteria and definition of a country, the current count can range anywhere from 189 to 266 or so.”

By: Jasbir Kular

Jasbir Kular — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:40:41 +0000

I wonder if these deals will make it cheaper for North American carriers to connect to India? If VSNL will offer a package deal for VoIP carriers to connect over a dedicated IP link to VSNL gateways? I also wonder if VSNL broadband will start to block unapproved VoIP traffic since VSNL have been known to send the cops to bust illegal VoIP setups.

By: Aswath Rao

Aswath Rao — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:00:30 +0000

Is the telecom boom contributing to a boom in the number of countries? According to a US State Department list, there are 192 countries. Taiwan is not in the list. So when were the additional 47 countries spawned?

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:58:51 +0000

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