Is Skype a "VOIP" software

[The Green Bean]

Im not allowed to use VOIP on my internet connection. Does skype qualify as skype?

 

[sswingle]

I think it does

Why are you not allowed to use voip?

 

[The Green Bean]

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers
I think it does

Why are you not allowed to use voip?

Because I live in a corrupted country called Pakistan where the sole telecom (sucky i must say) company does not wan't any competition.

 

[MisterJackson]

Who's your ISP?

N/M

 

[engineereeyore]

Yes, skype is a VOIP. Most likely, you would have problems.

 

[The Green Bean]

The ISP does not mind actually. They have already disconnected my phone line and Im thinking it might be skype. So is it or is it not VOIP? Grrr..Im stuck on a crappy connection worse than a 14.4 modem!! 🙁

 

[Sureshot324]

Originally posted by: The Green Bean
The ISP does not mind actually. They have already disconnected my phone line and Im thinking it might be skype. So is it or is it not VOIP? Grrr..Im stuck on a crappy connection worse than a 14.4 modem!! 🙁

So you were already using skype and they disconnected you? Didn't really understand your post.

Skype is definatly VOIP and as far as i know, it uses it's own ports so it's easy for your ISP to see that you're using it, and easy for them to block it.

 

[randomlinh]

if your connection is worse than 14.4... i don't see skype being very useful

 

[The Green Bean]

Okay so this is what happened.

1. My phone line got disconnected (busy tone)
2. I hooked my old "free" cable connection which is worse than a 14.4.
3. I thought it may have been skype.
4. I complained to the phone company.
5. I complained to the DSL company.
6. Phone back up in 24 hrs.
7. DSL company calls. I tell them that phones fine, DSL not syncing. They tell me that the phone company are changin the telephone ports of the numbers in my area. He tells me he will fix it within 24 hrs after finding the new port from the telephone company.
8. 18hrs later - I come back home and fnd my DSL working again. 🙂

Clifs - It was not skype 🙂