VoIP Beats Conventional Phone Service In Iraq

Posted by timothy on Monday July 28, 2003 @09:46PM from the you-would-think-so dept.

andyring writes "According to this article at Wired, without reliable long distance or particularly international telephone service in Iraq, citizens in Baghdad and elsewhere turn to voice chat over programs such as Yahoo Voice Chat or other similar programs. Broadband at Internet cafes in Baghdad runs about $1/hr, whereas an international phone call (if you can even get a connection) is about $1/minute. The service is so popular, it sucks up almost all the available bandwidth from the government-run ISP, State Company for Internet Services (site is Arabic)."

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Re:Blink warning! by Eythian · 2003-07-28 22:10 · Score: 0, Redundant

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Why would you do that? Anyone know? It makes my eyes bleed.