Loss of VoIP in Qatar

Posts: 22 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Dec 11, 2005 Posts: 22

I have finally developed a reliable and simple solution to create a VPN connection and get Vonage to work here in Doha.

Simply you can install a special router before the Vonage adaptor, which creates a VPN tunnel for a clear voice quality, This have been working for me and my friend for 3 weeks now.

Contact me at this e-mail if you need the details

ahmadalanimail at yahoo.com

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: May 18, 2006 Posts: 1

FYI,

as of yesterday, Etisalat has blocked the SIP for Voip in UAE. Any suggestions on how to get around this problem?

Posts: 533 · Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 9:00 am Post subject: Re: Loss of VOIP in UAE

blueskyy wrote:

FYI,

as of yesterday, Etisalat has blocked the SIP for Voip in UAE. Any suggestions on how to get around this problem?

No. My god, I'm really sick of seeing this topic.

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: May 23, 2006 Posts: 1

EzCo wrote:

blueskyy wrote:

FYI,

as of yesterday, Etisalat has blocked the SIP for Voip in UAE. Any suggestions on how to get around this problem?

No. My god, I'm really sick of seeing this topic.

I understand UAE is negotiating a Free trade Agreement with the US. I wonder if Vonage can take this up with the authorities as it appears this violates free trade. It may even violate WTO rules.

Posts: 476 · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:28 am Post subject: Re: Loss of VOIP in UAE

Sparks wrote:

EzCo wrote:

blueskyy wrote:

FYI,

as of yesterday, Etisalat has blocked the SIP for Voip in UAE. Any suggestions on how to get around this problem?

No. My god, I'm really sick of seeing this topic.

I understand UAE is negotiating a Free trade Agreement with the US. I wonder if Vonage can take this up with the authorities as it appears this violates free trade. It may even violate WTO rules.

Vonage doesn't even officially support the use of thier adapters in UAE. I suspect they are not going to get involved here.

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

Hello all , i have found a solution to have Voip running again , no matter where you are , but in order to do this successful i will need at least 30 customers who are willing to set up this system . send email to : falcn25@yahoo.com for more info .

Posts: 22 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Dec 11, 2005 Posts: 22

Here is the link, which describe how to get around the block of Voip

http://simplevpn.blogspot.com

This solution have been implemented in many countries, including UAE and Qatar

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Jun 25, 2006 Posts: 1

Unfortunately, it looks like the PUC took an angle that forces people in Belize to yet again pay more for thier phone services unless they don't have a phone number. When you have a business in Belize you need to be able to have a US number to call that you have answered in Belize. By requiring a license to have an accessible number, and by forcing us to pay for a higher preimum service, the PUC has forced people to pay more again. The main reason is that they want to get the tax money and license money for the calls.

I was talking to PUC officials on the phone a few months ago about wireless licensing, and they said that if you had proof of acceptance (or something like that) for using a service from another country and they were ok with it being used in Belize, that Belize was ok with it. Now this doesn't necessarily seem to be true for Voip calls because it always comes down to money and bending the people over in Belize. Based upon that statement that was given to me, it would seem that if Vonage said that they were ok with their service being used in Belize, that Belize should be ok with it too. But now it looks like this is changed by this decision.

It also looks like the VPN solution is the only way to go to gain some level of control over your life again. With a VPN connection, your packets are encrypted, and also travel over a different port than Voip traffic while on the BTL network. This means that BTL will not have access to your data, and will have no control over your usage of the Internet. If they can't see your data, then they can't block your data. Beat them at their own game.... If you can't beat em (and everybody who lives in Belize knows you can't beat BTL), then join em and play the game right back. They deserve it. What about VPN blocking? Well, that would just be downright dastardly wouldn't it? VPN is a valid business usage of the internet for anybody requiring privacy of their data transmissions and should never come under the same blocking scrutiny of Voip.

I know this works because I have a Vonage softphone on my computer, and use a VPN client on my laptop to connect to work. When I am on the VPN my softphone works, and when I am not it does not work. The only thing is that I want to set up my regular adapter devices over a VPN link between my Belize connection and my US ISP using Linksys WRV54G Routers, but I have not set this sort of thing up before and need somebody with experience in this department to contact me at 727-742-1810 to walk me through it. I am a technical person as I am a software programmer and already have some basic understanding of what is going on here. I just need to see the settings working once and I will be good.

Anybody got what I need? And I am not going to give somebody I don't know $100 over the Internet for this information.

Posts: 25 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Jun 26, 2006 Posts: 25

ahmad_ wrote:

Here is the link, which describe how to get around the block of Voip

http://simplevpn.blogspot.com

This solution have been implemented in many countries, including UAE and Qatar

make sure to add in this post that you want $100 for a word document file, way to make $$$ of others misery...

BTW My fiance's Vonage in dubai just stopped working today (PAP2 adapter), been working fine there for 2 years then bam today it got blocked by Etisalat. I dunno if I should try to create a VPN or what is the next step to take, for those of you in this same situation like me the best VPN router is the Linksys WRV54G, I plan on getting one today in the states and configuring it then sending it off to dubai, hope this helps!

Posts: 497 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Apr 29, 2005 Posts: 497

medstudent wrote:

BTW My fiance's Vonage in dubai just stopped working today (PAP2 adapter), been working fine there for 2 years then bam today it got blocked by Etisalat.

You might want to check this out
http://www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic14976.html