On NN workshop RE: Re: [governance] Three IGC workshops ) NN FYI DIPLO

[Lee W McKnight]

Actually, Milton, many governments - specifically prohibit/make illegal VoIP still to this day. Not that all of them manage to successfully block all VoIP, but some are still pulling licenses and putting companies out of business, that dare of offer VoIP.

Where they require ISPs to block all VoIP, and where individual carriers pick out particularly prominent services for  blocking, makes a patchwork quilt of - non-open Internet access for various classes of subscribers and users.  

And yes they are doing that to protect revenues of incumbent operators and hence government tax revenues; though some may claim it is due to security concerns.

Lee

PS: I haven't updated the list myself from an ITU workshop 10 years ago when around 80 countries specifically treated VoIP was illegal. But see: http://www.powershow.com/view/240c76-NjhhM/HOW_TO_REGULATE_A_PLATYPUS_flash_ppt_presentation for my explanation to ITU workshop on 'How to Regulate a Platypus.'    

A more recent example: http://www.voip-sol.com/10-isps-and-countries-known-to-have-blocked-voip/


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From: governance at lists.cpsr.org [governance at lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Milton L Mueller [mueller at syr.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 11:28 AM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Roland Perry
Subject: RE: On NN workshop RE: Re: [governance] Three IGC workshops ) NN  FYI DIPLO

> -----Original Message-----
>
> That definition excludes the possibility of blocking VoIP because the
> incumbent telco doesn't want the commercial competition.

[Milton L Mueller]

No, it doesn't. The telco doesn't block ALL VoIP, it blocks someone else's VoIP

> VoIP is a clearly a "service type"; there are many owners and origins,
> and the content could just as easily be people trying to book hotel
> rooms, as calls to organise an anti-government protest meeting.
[Milton L Mueller]

VoIP is never blocked because it is a "service type," it is blocked because it is _your_ service and not" _my_ service, ergo it is discrimination based on the origin or owner of the service.


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