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Panama Decrees Block To Kill VoIP Service

Posted by timothy on from the what-part-of-free-market-don't-you-understand dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In an apparent attempt to stem telephone company revenue losses due to Internet telephony, the government of Panama has decreed that 46 UDP ports be blocked by all Internet service providers. The ports include ones that are commonly used for voice over IP as well as some that are used for other purposes, apparently with the idea that these, too, could be used to circumvent the POTS (plain old telephone system, a term of art) in making telephone calls."

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  1. It's ok - Panama sucks by tooley · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you're Panamanian and you are reading this, you might want to go and fire or execute a few legislators. You might also consider banning lobbying, which has ruined the USA.

    -Pete-