Comments on: VoIP being blocked in Qatar

By: Jeffery McLean

Jeffery McLean — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:29:26 +0000

Do they support it? That is a very scary question.
It suggests that QTel must make some sort of specal arrangement to make Vontage work. They don’t. In fact they must make specal arrangements to make Vontage NOT work.
ISPs in general have been getting into this idea of needing to provide support for everything that comes over the network. It’s just not true.
I know nither my bosses ISP nore my home ISP supports SSH yet I use SSH at work to log into my computer at home.
It all uses TCP/IP and every ISP supports that.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:30:26 +0000

Is Vonage supposed to work in Qatar? Do they support it?

Why should QTel care to help Vonage’s business? Perhaps Vonage should give QTel a cut of revenue? Or Vonage users in Qatar should show QTel that they only bought broadband to use Vonage – making Vonage a pull.

By: The Steinhorn Stare

The Steinhorn Stare — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:37:31 +0000

Part II: Skype at a Disadvantage

This past weekend, I talked about the disadvantages that some VoIP services could face if other services partnered with the carriers and offered a co-branded/co-bundled offering.
It appears the disadvantages could potentially be much worse than I lai…