VoIP in Dubai, UAE

Posts: 2145 · Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject:

and hence, reviewing the very same myself after your post..., using Vonage outside of the USA or other supported countries does not appear to be an out-right violation of the Vonage TOS.

It merely looks as if Vonage can refuse to provide you support.

Posts: 533 · Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:25 am Post subject:

dconnor wrote:

and hence, reviewing the very same myself after your post..., using Vonage outside of the USA or other supported countries does not appear to be an out-right violation of the Vonage TOS.

It merely looks as if Vonage can refuse to provide you support.

...and cancel your service if they find out. Whether you allow the posts or not is clearly up to you. However on a side note, ToS 2.6 is clearly a statement that the service is not to be used outside of US and Canada. The penalties for doing so are fairly irrelivant. Using service outside US and Canada = violation of 2.6. I'm not sure how it could be interperated differently.

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: May 26, 2006 Posts: 2

hello

i live in the ua (the capital) i was using the vonage service suddenly the service went off ,i tried everything to get back ,but failed i even called the customer care but no use , i used the phone adaptor with a friend in the same city it works . i cant access the vonage.com cause its blocked ,i don't know what to do.

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 3

Hi Ibrahim and the rest,

I was wondering if any could get the vonage VoIP working in UAE after it had been blocked?
Do you think they only blocked vonage ports which are UDP 10000-20000
Did someone try another provider?

Please let me know

Posts: 4 · New Forum Member Joined: Dec 28, 2005 Posts: 4

Hi All,

I have just moved from Bahrain to Dubai. I have worked with Vonage Tech Assist in order to get my service working in Bahrain. So I am not sure about the previous statement:

"The penalties for doing so are fairly irrelivant. Using service outside US and Canada = violation of 2.6. I'm not sure how it could be interperated differently."

Vonage was fully aware that I was outside the US and CA.

I have contacted Etisalat they informed me that they are blocking all outbound (leaving UAE) voice packets because their system will not take the additional load. They are currently working on a VOIP "Service" which will allow users to use a VOIP phone.

Which I took this as it will be allowed only if you are using Etisalat's "Service".

But it was reported in the Gulf Daily newpaper (Bahrian) stating that blocking VIOP is a Political issue more than a Tech issue. Meaning $$$$$ lost by etisalat if they allow the traffic.

So to answer your question, with the exception of DIC, VOIP is Blocked in most areas of UEA in which Etisalat has noticed outgoing Voice packets.

Peace, Stepnharp

Posts: 533 · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:10 am Post subject: Re: Vonage is Blocked in UAE

stepnharp wrote:

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I have contacted Etisalat they informed me that they are blocking all outbound (leaving UAE) voice packets because their system will not take the additional load. They are currently working on a VOIP "Service" which will allow users to use a VOIP phone.
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Peace, Stepnharp

Additional load? Yeah, that 90Kbps per call must be killing them. No problem streaming porn though I'm sure...

Posts: 8 · New Forum Member Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 8

Any one want to switch from vonage ? Will provide a solution to get pass , maybe even unlimited calling, .email me if interested: mike_quintum@yahoo.com