Vonage not active in Dubai, U.A.E. Probable ISP block.

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Sep 09, 2006 Posts: 1

Guys we have experience with Etisalat and UAE PPL (LOCAL) when they decided something they will go for it like blind and will never change their mind by pressure, just if you have relation with decision maker or some shekhs (to do it friendly) so no use for this pressure , we have to find another way to get chat voice with our relatives, there is some web sites provide voice chat with very good quality and it will by like you are using telephone maybe it will work since the voice chat still working like paltalk, so we have to find some alternative like paltalk with more privacy and we can use is like hand free and talk like the phone

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Sep 09, 2006 Posts: 1

khiska wrote:

ok so since I was desperate I contacted this guy working with VPN. I am not in Sharjah and my dad is and he si not tech savvy so this is the email I got back from the company:

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Dear Mr. Talal Pervez ,

Thank you for contacting us , Please accept our apologies regarding our website
it should be ready with the new modifications within few days. We have changed
our website to help our customers and make it easier to service them.

Our VPN solution will help you 100% to get your Voip working as before ,
however the quality of the voice will be much higher.

our quality of vpn service is top of the line and we use the highest technology
to ensure the highest quality to our customers.

To be able to register with our webstie , we will need the following from your
side :

1-You need to obtain a router that can dial out from within the router to a vpn
service , may we recommend specifice model , it is Vigor 2900 V or Vigor 2900
VG , the average market price is 900 to 950 AED in the UAE , if you cannot
allocate that router please let us know and we can send you to the agent in
that country.

2-To chose a user name
3-To chose a Password
4-send a payment to our temporary paypal account to alksibati@hotmail.com and
send to our sales team e-mail at sales@unblockvoip.com so they may proceed to
activate your account .

As soon as they confirm the payment " within minutes " they will send you and
e-amil with confirmation and instruction how to setup your vpn on your
computer.

The monthly charge is $10 per month for 1 GB usage or $20 per month for
unlimited usage. There is also one time setup fee of $50 , However , currently
we have a promotion till the end of the month for only $7 for your first month
and no setup fee.

Please let us know if there is any futher help we can provide you with.

Sincerely

Support Team
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did you have any luck with them please advice

Posts: 11 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Aug 21, 2006 Posts: 11

Vonage is working with ONE Etisalat customer, he is using a Linksys phone router Voip. Can any one pleeeeeeaaaaaaaaasseee give us more information on how this Vonage is able to break Etisalat's block and working fine. and how can we copy that?

One router is still working!!! Plllleeeeasse tell us which one.

Posts: 11 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Aug 21, 2006 Posts: 11

I just came back to Dubai, it is now 9-10, or almost one month since the $*#&$(*&(*@#&#@*$&(#@$ blocked Voip. We started hearing lies and lies and more lies about why it is blocked,

It seems those ##*&#(*&@# are waiting until we give up, and then, it is done, the block is here to stay.

Any update on where we are standing on the issue?

Please keep it up.

and yah, i checked, Sumaliya does allow for Voip. I believe China is the only other country that blocked it. Any thoughts

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 2

I used a VPN solution from www.witopia.com and it works great! I just downloaded the software and it worked in 5 mins. I was able to use Skype without any problems. They said if their server got blocked they would switch it to others that were not blocked. Plus it was much cheaper than getting a VPN box and then paying for subscription fees. The cost is only $39.99 a year with no other hidden charges. I am going to get a Vonage phone that plugs into my computer then I don't think I would have a problem using my Vonage. But I haven't tried it as yet.

Posts: 6 · New Forum Member Joined: Sep 11, 2006 Posts: 6

THA wrote:

Vonage is working with ONE Etisalat customer, he is using a Linksys phone router Voip. Can any one pleeeeeeaaaaaaaaasseee give us more information on how this Vonage is able to break Etisalat's block and working fine. and how can we copy that?

One router is still working!!! Plllleeeeasse tell us which one.

No need to invest in Hardware. Please click on the link below and get the VPN service and you are through. I have tested it with Skype, Lingo, IPVaani and will be soon testing with Vonage ( I dont have Vonage ATA at this moment with me to test but will be soon getting one and I am sure it will work)

http://www.witopia.net/cart/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?usr=51G572900&rnd=4264681&rrc=N&affl=madhuamin1&cip=38.119.114.206&act=&aff=&onfiltered=&pg=prod&ref=pvpn&cat=&catstr=

Posts: 5 · New Forum Member Joined: Sep 11, 2006 Posts: 5

witopia's VPN works with Macintosh and Linux too. They have a hardware solution you just plug your ATA into that is ready they are not advertising yet. Just write into sales@witopia.net and they will provide details.

Posts: 6 · New Forum Member Joined: Sep 11, 2006 Posts: 6

voipjunkie wrote:

witopia's VPN works with Macintosh and Linux too. They have a hardware solution you just plug your ATA into that is ready they are not advertising yet. Just write into sales@witopia.net and they will provide details.

I know about this but getting these HW into the country will be a problem.

Posts: 5 · New Forum Member Joined: Sep 11, 2006 Posts: 5

VoIPunblok wrote:

voipjunkie wrote:

witopia's VPN works with Macintosh and Linux too. They have a hardware solution you just plug your ATA into that is ready they are not advertising yet. Just write into sales@witopia.net and they will provide details.

I know about this but getting these HW into the country will be a problem.

maybe they could provide instructions on how to do it?

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 3

I successfully completed the download from Witopia of their VPN software, but my Vonage phone is still not working. I am NOT a techy person, so is there something else I need to do?