[Chapter-delegates] Shutdown of Skype on our Mobile Broadband Internet Access

Mon Jun 3 02:21:55 PDT 2013

Hello Edwin,

Great that you will be using the tool. I will extract all the results 
from the database here, and send them to tonight.
There are no separate country pages yet, should we set one up for you?

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On 6/3/2013 10:31 AM, Edwin A. Opare wrote:
> Alex,
>
> A couple of folks from the Ghana Chapter will be running some tests 
> from today with the http://open.internet.nl 
> <http://open.internet.nl/> tool. How do we get the results of all 
> testers in one place?
>
> We have about 5 main Telecom operators at the moment.
>
> Best,
>
> EAO
>
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Alexander Blom 
> <alexander.blom at budgetphone.nl <mailto:alexander.blom at budgetphone.nl>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Hello Edwin,
>
>     Together with the Bangla Desh chapter, we developed a smartphone
>     app which can test whether your local isp blocks applications like
>     skype. This works very well if you want to get statistics on the
>     different isp's, we have run around 10,000 tests with it already 
>     Please check our website http://open.internet.nl (it has English)
>     or download the app (English spoken) from Google Play store "Open
>     Internet NL" Despite the NL for Netherlands we can capture the
>     results of your local test right away and send them to you. So try
>     it out and let me know if I can be of further help.
>
>     Cheers, Alex Blom
>     Treasurer ISOC Netherlands
>
>
>     On 5/27/2013 11:18 AM, Edwin A. Opare wrote:
>>     I think this a clear Net Neutrality issue. Eric like you rightly
>>     said, I also think we should tackle the issue from the Regulator
>>     level with evidence to back our position and ISOC Ghana should
>>     lead the charge in this endeavor.
>>
>>     Best,
>>
>>     EAO
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Evelyn A. Lewis
>>     <elewis at sbtsgroup.com <mailto:elewis at sbtsgroup.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         HI Eric,
>>
>>         Not the same experience as you in Ghana in Sierra Leone, but
>>         noted that it is supposed to be illegal if the Gateway is
>>         considered a monopoly or legal if liberalized.  I think the
>>         key thing is in the commercial usage of skype in voice.
>>
>>         Much as they try to regulate this, I think  those states
>>         banning VOIP are fighting a losing battle unless they want to
>>         become police states.
>>
>>         VOIP as an application has so many routes.
>>
>>         It's  inevitable that voice traffic gradually has to begin to
>>         accept its permanent state as billing under a converged
>>         service plan and figuring in ARPU as such.
>>
>>         I think ISOC has a role to play here in educating regulators.
>>
>>         Thanks,
>>
>>         Evelyn
>>
>>         *From:*chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org
>>         <mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org>
>>         [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org
>>         <mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org>] *On
>>         Behalf Of *Eric Akumiah
>>         *Sent:* Monday, May 27, 2013 3:45 AM
>>         *To:* ISOC Chapter Delegates
>>         *Subject:* [Chapter-delegates] Shutdown of Skype on our
>>         Mobile Broadband Internet Access
>>
>>         Hi everyone,
>>
>>         We have been experience a shut down of Skype by some of our
>>         Mobile Broadband operators and I want to know if any chapter
>>         has experience such a thing and what measures were used to
>>         address it. We intent complain to the regulator in the
>>         Ministry of Communications here in a position paper. We will
>>         like some input from any chapter who has had such an experience.
>>
>>         Kind regards
>>
>>         Eric
>>
>>         President,
>>
>>         Ghana Chapter
>>
>>
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