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Emirates Today - Skype will remain banned but Etisalat and Du will be offering VoIP offerings.

It's in Gulf News.
VoIP will only be offered for calls within the UAE.

I'm sure there are other posts on this, so forgive me, but what are the alternatives to skype, which are unblocked here in UAE? Note: I'm not in a freezone area; so i need something unblocked by the Etisalat proxy.

Thanks!

ineedacoolnick wrote:I'm sure there are other posts on this, so forgive me, but what are the alternatives to skype, which are unblocked here in UAE? Note: I'm not in a freezone area; so i need something unblocked by the Etisalat proxy.
Thanks!

Haven't tried to bypass Etisalat proxy, but I'm quite happy to have FREE PC-to-PC voice chat + webcam (of Yahoo Messenger) with my family in Dubai (I'm on business trip out of UAE).

i think that the new yahoo itselfe have calls to land lines , so i guess there is no harm from trying it

Protoss wrote:i think that the new yahoo itselfe have calls to land lines , so i guess there is no harm from trying it

Nope, it's already blocked.

What about MSN?

Hello,

After travelling in Dubai (UAE) and in China, I found a software that unblock Skype and censored contents in some countries.

I know Skype is blocked or there is censor in the following countries : Belize, China, Columbia, Cuba, Jordan, UAE ...

After searching internet, I found a way to make calls and to access censored content in those countries using a VPN (Virtual Private Network).

How does it works ?

A VPN encrypte the data you send on internet to a US IP adress (tunnel). This way your Internet Services Provider can't detect you are using Skype or another VoIP software ! It allow you access to censored content and geographical locked contents (i.e: listening radio on pandora.com , watching TV streams for US residents, ...).

There is a lot of VPN softwares, the first I tried was VPNaccounts. I didn't like it because it took a lot of time for activation, it was expensive and helpdesk support was very slow.

A friend of mine who lives in Belize told me about another VPN software called Witopia personnalVPN.

Now I am using Witopia personnalVPN. It is easier to use (you just have to launch the software before launching Skype), faster and cheaper than all other VPN softwares I tried.

It costs 39.99$ and works perfectly.

You can download it from the editor's website : Witopia personnalVPN

Works on Windows and Mac.

I hope this post will help people who are in those countries and reducing censorship !


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You should make it private.
Congratulation to publish it, it's a matter of time when this will be blocked as well.

PS: I'm using it, works great, but a bit slow lately and sometimes got disconnected.

donaldf wrote:I know Skype is blocked or there is censor in the following countries : Belize, China, Columbia, Cuba, Jordan, UAE ...

Jordan ! Nothing is blocked there. LoL It is so opened country and free to do whatever you want except some other things which are not related to Internet itself.

Is there any update on this?

Just moved over and wanted use Skpe to phone home (or any other VoIP). Is it really blocked here in UAE?

Guys,

Skype works in dubai. But only PC-to-PC. Even if you have skypeout credits and you try to make a call, the call would connect & then terminate. Apparently you would end up wasting your credits.

Unless you have a vpn setup with someone on uncensored network

Read Faq at www.tra.ae

This is confirmed.

Hi ,
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That is really horrible of Etisalat and I'm surprised ISPs are still doing this kind of thing.

There is a way around the VOIP/Skype blockage and our company may be offering a solution especially for overseas customers to safely and securely get around all forms of blockage, including VOIP, banned websites and more.

In the past we've helped out our clients abroad to get around these blockages but we get requests and questions each day about how to achieve this.

^ian^ wrote:Emirates Today - Skype will remain banned but Etisalat and Du will be offering VoIP offerings.