Verso Trials Skype Blocking in China

An anonymous reader writes to tell us MacWorld is reporting that Verso, a US company based in Atlanta, GA, has just begun a paid trial for 'NetSpective'. Verso hopes to use NetSpective, and M-Class filter to block VoIP calls made using Skype in China. From the article: "While Verso said in its release that the use of Skype is illegal in China, the situation is more nuanced. Chinese government officials have been generally tolerant of VoIP software, such as Skype, that is used to make calls from one PC to another. But the ability of Skype users to make calls to a phone via the SkypeOut service is more sensitive, because this directly affects the revenue that operators such as China Telecom earn from international phone calls." This seems to be just another in the continuing campaign of China vs VoIP.

Comments

Re:Information free?

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

It's perfectly OK for everyone in China to blatantly pirate information

Pirate? China is communist. Everything belongs to the people. Unless it belongs to one of the mandarins in Beijing. Then you'd best keep your grubby little peasant mits off it!

Re:This never works

[potat0man]

I didnt notice any of my usual web reading as being filtered (google new, wikipeda etc all worked).

Next time you're there try a google search for Tiananmen Square Massacre, then you'll see the effects of the great firewall. I did it about a year ago and got nill.

What?

[jjn1056]

Hate to say it, but after living in Beijing for the last 20 months this place is nothing like the USA level of the 1940-50s. Not even the USA level of the depression years.

Yeah, there are some hot spots, like parts of Beijing and Shanghai that have built up huge capital because of all the (for all intents and purposes) slave labor but most of the country is no wear like that. Addionally the buildup of basic education and health care services is just beginning.

Additionally we have to remember there is basically a fascist oligarchy in charge of it all, make sure the majority of any profits are pooled into their hands or into the pockets of their friends.