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Bangladesh Arrests People For Offering A VoIP Network
from the how-dare-you! dept
Moshe Maeir writes in to point out that the Royal Action Battalion in Bangladesh raided an illegal VoIP network provider over the weekend, arresting a group of people for daring to offer cheap overseas phone calls. We've actually written about the situation in Bangladesh with VoIP quite a few times. Back in 2003, the government finally said that it was allowing VoIP, but either that never happened or it did so in a very limited way (otherwise, why these arrests?). Back in 2005, there was a report showing how the VoIP blockade, which was designed to help the monopoly government-backed phone service, actually did a lot more harm to Bangladesh by making it harder for them to get involved in things like offshore call centers. Apparently, though, the government hasn't quite figured that out yet, and rather than allowing VoIP services to help the country grow, they're raiding and arresting those trying to improve telecom services in the country. Well, now the country joins the list of countries like Namibia and Belarus as places that arrest people who try to improve a country's telecom offerings.
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First off
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And Idi Amin? Your thoughts on that one? I take issue with the philosophy that a government shouldn't be questioned.
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And in with our 'offical' profits at the expense of the people :)
I agree with Truth - government should be questioned constantly.
It's not the only arrest these of people with VoIP Equipment, there was another.
http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_33610.shtml
Actually - sounds to me like they are squashing independent business to benefit 'corporate interests'
http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_31111.shtml
All in all, couldn't find a whole lot more on the situation, I guess it's possible it was just an 'illegal trade' issue.
However, considering they have 'blockaided' it in the past...
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Smuggling sounds more likely
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VoIP termination to Bangladesh is down!
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for voip resaler
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