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poker player

Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Location: On the river
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:44 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for bring this to our attention. There are lots of unanswered questions.
1) When does this start?
2) Which VOIP services will be blocked?
If anyone uses VOIP, please let us know whether it works or not. Currently I'm using Inphonex, but I also have Gizmo Project. |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:44 am Post subject: Re: South Korea to block some Internet calling |
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http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=38314
Does anyone know if this is going to affect Skype and Googletalk PC to PC or just internet to land line calls? |
You have to read all the way
"The block will not affect messenger or chat programs, officials said" |
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whatever

Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Location: Korea: More fun than jail.
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:45 am Post subject: |
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Man, that is some bullsh*t!  |
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tzechuk

Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:32 am Post subject: |
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O.M.F.G.
Someone please tell me this is a joke?! |
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nene

Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Location: Samcheok, Gangwon-do
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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No problem with Skype -> US phones yet.... |
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ttompatz

Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: South Korea to block some Internet calling |
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poker player wrote: |
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=38314
Does anyone know if this is going to affect Skype and Googletalk PC to PC or just internet to land line calls? |
This just affects land to land (via internet) or internet to land (usa to korea).
Basically they are blocking the gateway servers that switch between land line services and the internet.
If you make calls - PC (in korea) to land (back home) you will be fine.
If your folks make calls - land (home) to PC (KOREA) they will be fine.
If they make calls - land to land via a VOIP company, then you will be blocked. |
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mishlert

Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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If they make calls - land to land via a VOIP company, then you will be blocked. |
A couple of questions need to be asked:
1. How does this benefit any company?
2. How do these calls (above quote) hurt any company? |
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poker player

Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Location: On the river
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject: Re: South Korea to block some Internet calling |
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ttompatz wrote: |
This just affects land to land (via internet) or internet to land (usa to korea).
Basically they are blocking the gateway servers that switch between land line services and the internet.
If you make calls - PC (in korea) to land (back home) you will be fine.
If your folks make calls - land (home) to PC (KOREA) they will be fine.
If they make calls - land to land via a VOIP company, then you will be blocked. |
Thanks for that ttompatz. I just called Canada on Googletalk PC to PC no problem. |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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mishlert wrote: |
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If they make calls - land to land via a VOIP company, then you will be blocked. |
A couple of questions need to be asked:
1. How does this benefit any company?
2. How do these calls (above quote) hurt any company? |
VOIP sucks up a lot of bandwidth, clogging networks. If your company is part of the internet (and all of the larger ones are) your network performance can suffer as the result of your routers and switches being used to tanfer the voice data across the world. |
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djsmnc

Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:09 am Post subject: |
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I'm not able to get through to phones in Korea from the US using a messenger service now.... |
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