Skype and the fate of VoIP in Russia
Not yet a scandal, but a news excuse: Skype and other VoIP services in Russia, not approved by the security forces, may be outlawed.
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At a meeting of the Commission of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on July 21, IP-telephony was discussed - in particular, there were figures that by 2012 40% of Internet traffic would be occupied by IP-telephony - of course, without any control from the state.
Within a day, Vedomosti described what was happening in the impartial reportage mode , but the next day, the New York Times, referring to Reuters, were no longer shy in expressions : “this week the most influential Russian business lobby gathered to overwhelm Skype and others such services, explaining to lawmakers that Internet telephony is a threat to Russian business and national security. ”
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The Times notes an important point: the presence at the conference of representatives of EdRa , the de facto ruling party in Russia - in fact, from the press release of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, it becomes clear that not only the problem of uncontrolled VoIP services was discussed at the conference itself, but also .n. “The Commission on Industry and Entrepreneurship of the Presidium of the General Council of the EdRo Party.
Still with me? I translate into Russian, if someone is not very clear: The Times are not far from the truth, because VoIP-services that allow using the Internet to call all over the world for ridiculous money are a blight to our (and not only our) operators cellular and landline, historically accustomed to super-profits, so right now begins another small, but revealing story about how businesses that are not willing (unable / unable / not interested) in optimizing their business processes and changing business strategies, are going to do everything possible It is necessary to take VoIP-telephony under its wing and independently “regulate” (read - impose) tariffs on it.
Another interesting point is that the security services of absolutely all countries complain that Skype traffic is extremely difficult to track, so exactly one case of the official interception of Skype traffic is recorded in the story.
The move is understandable (especially against the background of a funny, slightly upsetting and rather imperceptible revision of tariffs by three leading Russian mobile operators, which has been going on for more than one month and which is gradually inflating the average bill for cellular services - by the way, did you notice this?), But it is hardly successful - VoIP-telephony has already grown from the embryonic state and has long been able to change ports, encrypt traffic and use distributed networks. How the struggle with distributed networks ends, we all know - the story that ended with the almost universal rejection of DRM is very, very instructive.
Photo © Froda .
At a meeting of the Commission of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on July 21, IP-telephony was discussed - in particular, there were figures that by 2012 40% of Internet traffic would be occupied by IP-telephony - of course, without any control from the state.
Within a day, Vedomosti described what was happening in the impartial reportage mode , but the next day, the New York Times, referring to Reuters, were no longer shy in expressions : “this week the most influential Russian business lobby gathered to overwhelm Skype and others such services, explaining to lawmakers that Internet telephony is a threat to Russian business and national security. ”
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The Times notes an important point: the presence at the conference of representatives of EdRa , the de facto ruling party in Russia - in fact, from the press release of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, it becomes clear that not only the problem of uncontrolled VoIP services was discussed at the conference itself, but also .n. “The Commission on Industry and Entrepreneurship of the Presidium of the General Council of the EdRo Party.
Still with me? I translate into Russian, if someone is not very clear: The Times are not far from the truth, because VoIP-services that allow using the Internet to call all over the world for ridiculous money are a blight to our (and not only our) operators cellular and landline, historically accustomed to super-profits, so right now begins another small, but revealing story about how businesses that are not willing (unable / unable / not interested) in optimizing their business processes and changing business strategies, are going to do everything possible It is necessary to take VoIP-telephony under its wing and independently “regulate” (read - impose) tariffs on it.
Another interesting point is that the security services of absolutely all countries complain that Skype traffic is extremely difficult to track, so exactly one case of the official interception of Skype traffic is recorded in the story.
The move is understandable (especially against the background of a funny, slightly upsetting and rather imperceptible revision of tariffs by three leading Russian mobile operators, which has been going on for more than one month and which is gradually inflating the average bill for cellular services - by the way, did you notice this?), But it is hardly successful - VoIP-telephony has already grown from the embryonic state and has long been able to change ports, encrypt traffic and use distributed networks. How the struggle with distributed networks ends, we all know - the story that ended with the almost universal rejection of DRM is very, very instructive.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/65515/
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