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

[Lee W McKnight]

There are 2 reasons for blocking continuing, only one of which is market-related.

The other reason is...governments. 

Which  may prefer that all voice calls are channeled through specific mechanisms which are easier for them to overhear.

Not that it is impossible to do with VoIP.

So still today, whether blocking is being done at behest of commercial providers, or other government agencies, or both, may vary. 

As incumbent telcos have clout, so do particular agencies. 

Like, in particular, the ones that like to listen in to calls, whether VoIP or circuit switched.

Lee

PS: Yeah I know government agencies have ways of getting what they want even from VoIP providers, but that is more of a bother than tried and true methods, for some countries, still, than trying to limit VoIP.
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From: Carlos Vera Quintana [cveraq at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 3:16 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Milton L Mueller; Lee W McKnight; Roland Perry
Subject: Re: On NN workshop RE: Re: [governance] Three IGC workshops ) NN FYI DIPLO

+1 for MM statement..
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From: Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:11:32
To: Lee W McKnight<lmcknigh at syr.edu>; governance at lists.cpsr.org<governance at lists.cpsr.org>; Roland Perry<roland at internetpolicyagency.com>
Reply-To: governance at lists.cpsr.org,Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
Subject: RE: On NN workshop RE: Re: [governance] Three IGC workshops ) NN
  FYI DIPLO

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 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

Lee,
Governments, like Telcos, block VoIP only insofar as it competes with another service, usually an officially licensed voice telephone service of some sort. No one blocks VoIP just because it is VoIP

> some are still pulling licenses and putting companies out of business, that
> dare of offer VoIP.

They are doing that because it competes with an established voice telephone tariff that requires substantial payments to be made to the government, the telco, etc.

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