Blocked from Korea

Posts: 150 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Dec 06, 2006 Posts: 150

kiersten wrote:

I think that ****.... was it the Korean ISP or the Korean govt that
decided to block Vonage(or other VOIP)? Sad

I have always believed that the DoD should provide free phone
calls for our soldiers stationed overseas, especially in a potentially
dangerous country like Korea.

Good idea! Then the U.S. could send South Korea the bill for all costs related to the U.S. defending their country - including the cost of providing free phone calls to the troops stationed there. Wink

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: Apr 05, 2008 Posts: 3

I wish or we could be like forget u we are gonna leave and stop protecting you and let north korea invade you see how u like us now

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Apr 13, 2008 Posts: 1

you can get around the block by using a vpn service.....I know cause I successfuly beat LG dacoms block, but the only problem i have is the vpn service that ifound isnt that great, its good when there isnt a high server load on the vpn server, but when there is, my vonage is so bad its unusable.

anyone have any suggestions for vpn service? I am looking for something in the free to $15/mo range, currently paying $6/mo but want a service that has better capacity

Posts: 406 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Jun 08, 2007 Posts: 406

I have heard HotSpot VPN metioned as supporting VOIP, but have not experience with it's capacity. The url is http://www.hotspotvpn.com/

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: May 08, 2008 Posts: 2

I'm in the same boat. Funny how they allow thousands of citizens to illegally sell $2 bootleg DVDs but they worry about VoiP??????

I know this is a Vonage site, but maybe you should try Skype. They have mobile phones now...

Maybe our Congress can ask "Why?"...I mean they have time to investigate steroid use in baseball?!?!?!?!?

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 2

From the reports we have seen and from the investigation we have done, LG Dacom who is the primary ISP is blocking the source port which is where the Vonage traffic originates from. This means the telephone adapter will attempt to send registrations but the ISP then blocks these packets from passing through their network out to the internet therefore they never arrive at our proxy. This is happening for anyone who did not set up their Vonage service and have an agreement with them prior to July 2007.

Vonage Customer's pursue this using the on post support groups, military wives' groups, and post command to contact LG Dacom to try and get a new agreement. If there are enough of them that band together they can make this work. As a former soldier, I know the power these support groups have but things can be difficult getting the South Korean Government to even listen to the claims even if presented by Military Command.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=54445

· Shawn Dorcy, general manager for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service at Yongsan, said some servicemembers have had their Vonage service wrongly turned off by LG Dacom, but the company had fixed the problem for eight servicemembers. South Korea’s major Internet companies warned nearly two years ago they would block Internet calls made through providers not registered under the Korean Telecommunications Business Act. U.S. Forces Korea arranged a deal that allowed servicemembers who signed up for Vonage before July 1, 2007, to keep the service