VOIP to be Made Illegal in India

Krish writes "Providers like Skype, Yahoo, Net2phone, Dialpad, etc. will not be able to offer VOIP in India under the proposed govt. clampdown. BPOs and other call centers will face the axe if they use any of the VOIP services provided by the above companies. It is not clear if this clampdown will affect regular home users."

Oh the irony...

[grub]

Call your VOIP carrier's helpdesk and you might get hold of some guy in India.

Re:only donkey dongs use VOIP!

[Anonymous Coward]

There needs to be something like a math problem presented as a slightly distorted image whenever you try to post on Slashdot. That way only those with reasonable intelligence can post.

"How to keep India poor?" Interfere with commun...

[Futurepower(R)]

Ask yourself, self, how could this happen?

Some rich and powerful government leaders were sitting around saying, "How do we keep India poor?" After many weeks of deliberation (They aren't very intelligent, of course.) they decided, "That's it! We'll interfere with cheap communication."

Re:Oh the irony...

[Anonymous Coward]

Call your VOIP carrier's helpdesk and you might get hold of some guy in India.

LOL @ "might"

Re:In classic Slashdot form...

[jrockway]

And that's exactly why we have strong cryptography.

Government: You're illegally calling people.
You: No, that's e-mail.
Government: Oh.

Re:In classic Slashdot form...

[Ironsides]

Here's the revised Government with half a brain:

Government: You're illegally calling people.
You: No, that's e-mail.
Government:You're sending e-mail for 8 hours a day and sending and receiving the same amount in email bytes?

Re:Just one more effort

[Maxo-Texas]

So when people play everquest and chat it should be taxable to?

And the irony of the low cost labor provider of the world being mad because of low cost (FREE) products is priceless.

Re:In classic Slashdot form...

[egr]

Government: He's illegally calling people. Get him! You: No, that's e-mail. Government: He's sending e-mail. Get him!

Oblig

[Swimport]

If VOIP is illegal, only criminals will have VOIP.

Re:In classic Slashdot form...

[g1zmo]

Me: I like to keep my email bytes uniformly sized. It makes them flow through the tubes much more smoothly and prevents clogging.

Government: But it's unintelligble noise, suspiciously like untaxed VOIP calls to Osama.

Me: Ummm....and it prevents kiddy porn too.

Government: Well in that case, someone ought to sponsor a bill right away. Good work, citizen.

Re:only donkey dongs use VOIP!

[Anonymous Coward]

As well as all those who recognize that it is a ghostbusters quote.

Re:In classic Slashdot form...

[Anonymous Coward]

Me: I used IPSec with a one-time pad. Go f*** yourselves.

Re:Oh the irony...

[Zwaxy]

This is Slashdot. The headlines almost never reflect the true story.

Re:Oh the irony...

[amuzulo]

This is Slashdot. Slashdotters almost never read the article.