Voip Blog
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Jordan's been as ambivalent about voip as a thirteen-year old girl trying to decide what to wear on the first day of school. At least they've finally come clean about the real reason for outlawing voip--economics. Specifically, their explanation for the recent banning of independent voip companies, is that voip internet phone providers will bring about the downfall of the incumbent telecommunication company (Jordan Telecom) and it was, "in the best interest of the national economy to protect local telecom investors."
Hunh. That sounds totally different than the "security concerns" they originally cited. You know, now that I think about it, it sounds like they tried to copy other popular voip-banning countries, like China and the neighboring UAE. But after a month of intense public outcry and global criticism, the ban was finally reversed...for now. Chalk one up for the blogosphere. Wonder what happens next week?
