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UAE & VOIP: What, Why and How

Th is is not news to most of the people. It has been blocked for several years now. (From 2005 I guess) In fact not only in UAE, it has been blocked in several countries such as China, Oman, Syria, Turkey and Malaysia (Surprisi ngly). In this post I'll stick to UAE and discuss the reasons behind it , how they have done it and what can we do to override it. What is VOIP? First of all in case you're a newbie to all the tech stuff we'll look at what is VOIP. VOIP aka voice over internet protocol is a way and a technology where we can send voice and other multimedia over internet protocol (IP), such as Internet. In simpler terms using same phone service that you currently use over the Internet.  How? To transport voice over the Internet, first we have to convert it from analog to digital. For that either we have to use a device such as an ATA (Analog Terminal Adapter) or else a VOIP phone. ATA is a device which connects analog telephone to a VOIP network, so us...