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VoIP Now Technically Illegal In China

Posted by timothy on from the hush-it's-just-wise-regulation dept.

ironfrost writes "A recent ruling by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has declared that VoIP services are illegal, except for the ones operated by state-owned telecom operators China Telecom and China Unicom. According to the article, 'the decision is expected to make Skype, UUCall and other similar services unavailable in China,' and is widely seen as a way to protect the traditional telecom operators' profits. Here's a more in-depth story in Chinese (Google Translate version)."

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  1. GOOD by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Troll

    Those filthy corporations are no good. The government should operate a "single payer" voice-over-IP company that has no profit motive and is highly efficient, to ensure EVERYONE has phone service. We can trust the government to provide superior service to those no-good corporations and their greedy-greed-greedy selves.
    (cough)
    Woah. For a second there I was possessed by the spirit of Rachel Maddow. ;-)

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  2. Re:Wow... by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't understand why people have a problem with this. A government-run company eliminates the profit motive, is more efficient overall, and ensures everyone has service including those too poor to pay the phone bill.

    At least that's what we were told in 2008-9 during the government-run health proposal (aka single payer plan). How is THIS any different? It has all the same benefits.

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    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall