Comments on: Beware of the Skypzzz! http://www.thinkmacro.org/2009/07/beware-of-the-skypzzz/ media | technology | society Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:19:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Ran http://www.thinkmacro.org/2009/07/beware-of-the-skypzzz/comment-page-1/#comment-9285 Ran Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:08:36 +0000 http://www.thinkmacro.org/?p=466#comment-9285 Still, the telco's are not able to get out of the "fat pipe" dilemma which states telco's will become nothing but pipes to deliver content, no value add would left for them. Even worse, we see through IP network, even contents won't be go through them - it will take time thou. Good point Dima, unfortunately I am not terribly familiar with the policy side of the Skype debate. But I don't really hear too much about such debate in China, although some western people would suspect it would be like the situation in Russia. Allow people to use Skype is one thing; allow them to use Skype on a mobile device is another one, much harder. Even telco's in the US are against it, like you said, AT&T for example. Still, the telco’s are not able to get out of the “fat pipe” dilemma which states telco’s will become nothing but pipes to deliver content, no value add would left for them. Even worse, we see through IP network, even contents won’t be go through them – it will take time thou. Good point Dima, unfortunately I am not terribly familiar with the policy side of the Skype debate. But I don’t really hear too much about such debate in China, although some western people would suspect it would be like the situation in Russia. Allow people to use Skype is one thing; allow them to use Skype on a mobile device is another one, much harder. Even telco’s in the US are against it, like you said, AT&T for example.

]]> By: Internet & Democracy Blog » Rhetoric of fear and telecom regulation in Russia http://www.thinkmacro.org/2009/07/beware-of-the-skypzzz/comment-page-1/#comment-9283 Internet & Democracy Blog » Rhetoric of fear and telecom regulation in Russia Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:10:39 +0000 http://www.thinkmacro.org/?p=466#comment-9283 [...] version of this post was originally published at ThinkMacro) The Rhetoric of fear and telecom regulation in Russia by Internet & Democracy Blog, unless [...] [...] version of this post was originally published at ThinkMacro) The Rhetoric of fear and telecom regulation in Russia by Internet & Democracy Blog, unless [...]

]]> By: GuySoft http://www.thinkmacro.org/2009/07/beware-of-the-skypzzz/comment-page-1/#comment-9279 GuySoft Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:29:02 +0000 http://www.thinkmacro.org/?p=466#comment-9279 Hmm, that's an unusual claim from Russia, suggesting that they can tap in to any other VOIP service. (Its actually easy to tap in to VOIP transport with a man-in-the-middle, but they can be encrypted) Hmm, that’s an unusual claim from Russia, suggesting that they can tap in to any other VOIP service.

(Its actually easy to tap in to VOIP transport with a man-in-the-middle, but they can be encrypted)

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