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Posts: 13 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jan 27, 2005 Posts: 13

matth wrote:

I read somewhere recently that Voip is illegal in Mexico..

Vonage sells Mexican phone numbers so I doubt it.

Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:48 pm Post subject:

since you connected, it means that your local ISP is not blocking port 80 connectivity to those specific web sites.

if you still get the access denied, then there is probably a proxy server between you and the Vonage sites, OR the Vonage sites themselves have an access list in the actual webserver software blocking certain address ranges.

Posts: 281 · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:19 am Post subject:

Where do you see that Vonage sells Mexican Phone numbers:

Per this press-release: http://www.vonage-forum.com/printout1193.html

And to quote:
"in Mexico Voip is illegal, considered a bypass, which is why only virtual numbers are currently available"

Mexico numbers are provided for people in the US who have friends and family in Mexico.

Posts: 62 · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:44 am Post subject:

GardRailz wrote:

did i mention Linux rules?

Wink

Absolutely Correct Exclamation

Posts: 62 · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:53 am Post subject:

matth wrote:

I read somewhere recently that Voip is illegal in Mexico.. perhaps tha tis why it is being blocked?

Voip is actually beginning to gain popularity in Mexico (from what I understand via a work aquaintance in Mex. City not regulated). Just found this... http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5494037.html ... via this... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Mexico+VOIP&btnG=Google+Search

Posts: 62 · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:55 am Post subject:

matth wrote:

Where do you see that Vonage sells Mexican Phone numbers:

Per this press-release: http://www.vonage-forum.com/printout1193.html

And to quote:
"in Mexico Voip is illegal, considered a bypass, which is why only virtual numbers are currently available"

Mexico numbers are provided for people in the US who have friends and family in Mexico.

Wow! Just saw your post immediately after posting my response. Hmmm.

Posts: 62 · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:02 pm Post subject: Re: Blocking phone calls?

scstsut wrote:

Anyone know how easily they could block my actual Vonage phone calls?

You can block ports just as easy as URL's.

Posts: 13 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jan 27, 2005 Posts: 13

Very interesting articles. I can see why Latin america's richest man & owner of Telmex wouldn't want Voip to cut into his throat cutting. It would cost me us50¢/min to call my brother long distance (both in Mexico) with Telmex and only us8¢/min to call him with Vonage. Calling the US from here costs us about us80¢.

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Feb 07, 2005 Posts: 1

matth wrote:

I read somewhere recently that Voip is illegal in Mexico.. perhaps tha tis why it is being blocked?

I'm in Mexico, with a TelMex Prodigy ADSL connection and have had no problems with Vonage.
Mac OS X. Linksys RT31P2, Speedstream modem.

Posts: 492 · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:56 pm Post subject:

matth wrote:

Why is Vonage blocking access to people in Mexico?