Ethiopian Government Denies Banning Skype 42
An anonymous reader writes "Last week, we read that Ethiopia banned using VoIP. According to the head of Communication Affairs the draft bill aims to discourage illegal use of internet telephony, not any VoIP calls made PC-to-PC or PC-to-phone. He also indicated that the draft bill prevents illegal use of internet phone as some people are making international calls with domestic charge." The distinctions here seem finer than I'd like (“We have not adopted a legislation that prevents people from using internet."), since what's legal seems unduly arbitrary, and since the draconian punishment proposed still stands: "According to the draft bill, anyone who uses internet phone illegally is punishable by up to 15 years in prison."
What? (Score:0, Interesting)
If they cannot afford food, how can they afford internet service and a computer?
Not the only country (Score:3, Interesting)
I was surprised while traveling to find out that the english speaking commonwealth country of Belize blocks skype... Thankfully I'm adapt at using proxies, but seriously!?! I wrote letters to their tourism board, but obviously nothing will be done about it.