Skype/VOIP in Dubai
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As Phil says - make sure you have it pre-installed, or bring the exe. files ith you on a thumb drive to install on a new machine.
It can be used here but you can't access the main Skype website to download from scratch - get used to seeing the below for many sites that have nothing to do with moral, political or religious reasons - just making money reasons.
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It can be used here but you can't access the main Skype website to download from scratch - get used to seeing the below for many sites that have nothing to do with moral, political or religious reasons - just making money reasons.
![](http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/6933/siteblockedap8.jpg)
My brother lives in Dubai and has tried numerous VoIP services. Every time someone brings out a new one the incumbent DSL / cable providers block it. Robbing b
ds. The quality of broadband out there is also shocking. It's like the UK 5 years ago. 1MBit/s is you are lucky for 9 million quid a month.
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Skype to landline/mobile is somehow blocked (at least for me it has stopped working!) so you can only Skype to a computer.
You can get around the proxy quite easily, with a bit of knowhow...
I have a 2mb connection for about 50 of your British Pounds a month, this actually connects at about 512kb, depending on how much pron is being downloaded by my neighbors...
You can get around the proxy quite easily, with a bit of knowhow...
I have a 2mb connection for about 50 of your British Pounds a month, this actually connects at about 512kb, depending on how much pron is being downloaded by my neighbors...
RSPhilip said:
just go to witopia.net and download the proxy buster...job done!
Hush!!!!!Ah never mind... I'm orf down under where secret VPNs are not necessary... other than that... wot RSPhil said.
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Oh yeah, the witopia subs are well worth it in such regimes like the UAE, pays for itself in a month or even less.
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