Loss of VoIP in Qatar

Posts: 4 · New Forum Member Joined: Dec 15, 2005 Posts: 4

Hi Guys
Merry Xmas and happy holidays
really from first day that sip ports is blocked in Qatar i spent 48 hours to find out solution to use other port i wrote in this forum before about that .......in the end we succussed ( me and my VOIP provider)so i did illegal in this forum to post my SIP provider link (i apologized for that) but in that time i did that to tell everybody its not hard to get solution without write to Qtel, Agency News or Embassador just your VOIP provider will find technical solutions.( I'm not ask to change your VOIP provider).. my line is working excellent without using port 5060 I have DID number in Manila and in USA, I'm using SIPURA 3000 and Atcom, i live in Qatar if anyone need any information just ask me
in additionally i challenge QTEL to block my new port Idea

Thanks for everybody ...

Posts: 43 · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 7:06 pm Post subject: VoIP in Saudi Arabia

For me, Vonage, IConnectHere and Skype are all working OK in Saudi Arabia

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Dec 26, 2005 Posts: 2

Hello every1,

Gratitudes to all for posting such a wonderful tips & tricks on this web site. However, I have a question if anyone can answer it, I'll really appreciate that.

Does anyone in Qatar have LinkSys RTP300 device? If do, is this working there? I am thinking of swapping this device with my family there with their Motorola device -- that isn't working.

Many thanks in advance for any tidbits.

Thanks.

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Dec 11, 2005 Posts: 2

Quote:

Does anyone in Qatar have LinkSys RTP300 device? If do, is this working there? I am thinking of swapping this device with my family there with their Motorola device -- that isn't working.

I have a Linksys RTP300 and it's working perfectly. I haven't had any problems making or recieving any calls.

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Dec 26, 2005 Posts: 2

wdforty wrote:

Quote:

Does anyone in Qatar have LinkSys RTP300 device? If do, is this working there? I am thinking of swapping this device with my family there with their Motorola device -- that isn't working.

I have a Linksys RTP300 and it's working perfectly. I haven't had any problems making or recieving any calls.

Thanks wdforty for a prompt reply.

Another question: Any idea if mailing an electronic device (VoIP) there from the US is illegal and would be usurped. Any advice on do's and don'ts...

Posts: 5 · New Forum Member Joined: Dec 17, 2005 Posts: 5

Another question: Any idea if mailing an electronic device (VoIP) there from the US is illegal and would be usurped. Any advice on do's and don'ts...[/quote]

Dear HateMonply.... (^_*)

I have checked with Fedex they are saying regarding the shipping of such electronic device from any other country you need the approval from Qtel Sad

frequency department & if they approve
( keep in mind its a BIG IF ) then only you will be able to get it. But in our case it seems to be beyond impossible.
Now tell me what can we do about this one??
Its the only TELECOMM over here.... Confused

regards

Posts: 4 · New Forum Member Joined: Dec 15, 2005 Posts: 4

Sir you can receive any VOIP Device in Doha ... during 2005 I already purchased online one device Sipura 3000 second time i purchased 2 device ATcom(IP Phone) Third i Purchased 2 device online IP770 shipped to me by Fedx, and other by EMS
So you can get your device but not in Quantities

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Dec 27, 2005 Posts: 1

All -

I have been using a non-Vonage service for 2 years. I use Vonage at another office outside Qatar. When SIP was blocked, we did some investigation, and realized that the Qtel is causing significant packet loss on UDC traffic along with blocking common SIP ports.

The solution was to tunnel VoIP via TCP (which causes an extremely small voice quality loss at times), with the help of another smaller provider. Life have been good since this was put in place (although the PC needs to be up and running the tunneling software while calls are being made or recieved). Using the G729a codec which needs very little bandwidth, the quality is fine even with tunneling.

APP

Posts: 5 · New Forum Member Joined: Dec 17, 2005 Posts: 5

Hi all

Guess what i have come to know that Qtel has also blocked the VOICE CHATS & WEBCAM even through the messengers that are MSN or YAHOO.. i guess you name it & they block it Sad

. Thats terrible.
And alsooooooooo its a BIG ISSUE in local news papers Arabic + English. I mean this is too much these guys are just too much.
I have also come know from SOMEONE that this issue is in INTERNATIONAL MEDIA as well. Come to think of it if these guys dont stop doing this kindda stuff how can they go for ASAIN 2006 games. Question

Posts: 8 · New Forum Member Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 8

I read this in today's Peninsula. I woner whether they will really open or not???

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Qtel denies censoring voice chat; blames it on snag
Web posted at: 12/28/2005 2:51:16
Source ::: The Peninsula
DOHA: Qatar Telecom has not censored Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or what are commonly called PC-to-PC and PC-to-Phone calls, a senior official at the company, said here yesterday. He blamed snags in VoIP technology, unscrupulous usage and upgrade of Qtel's Internet infrastructure for the brief outages that users experience.

Khalil Ebrahim Al Emadi, Executive Director, Wireline Services, Qtel, in a statement issued to the local media yesterday said, the company's Internet services were operating to their optimum efficiency and the subscriber base was growing steadily.

“VoIP has been operational since the launch of our Internet service, especially the Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), offered under the BarQ brand and none of the sites that provide voice services, such as 'Messengers' and other similar ones have been interrupted," he added.

“Qtel has recently undertaken some work to upgrade its Internet network and software in order to increase its capacity, introduce new services and improve quality. This work has affected VoIP but we became aware of the issue and started to address the problem. As a result, noticeable improvements in quality and service will be apparent in the next few days," he added.

Khalil Ebrahim pointed out that VoIP technology itself was in its early stages of development and hence, the service level wildly fluctuates sometimes between good to poor, especially if in heavy use. “This may lead some to believe that the service has been cut off and it is possible for any person to access those sites to verify, though we are mainly responsible for data transmission on the Internet and not voice," he added.

The official said, some individuals were illegally offering VoIP services to other individuals for pecuniary gains, which also caused a jam on the bandwidth, causing legitimate users to suffer. Khalil Ebrahim emphasised the rates charged by Qtel for its BarQ service were lower and comparable to prices of those in the region.

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