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	<title>Comments on: Bad News! Skype Does Not Work in Dubai</title>
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		<title>By: Robert H</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert H</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 15:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi all,

After travelling in Dubai (UAE) and in China, I found a software that unblock Skype and censored contents in some countries. 

I know Skype is blocked or there is censor in the following countries : Belize, China, Columbia, Cuba, Jordan, UAE ...

After searching internet, I found a way to make calls and to access censored content in those countries using a VPN (Virtual Private Network).

How does it works ?

A VPN encrypte the data you send on internet to a US IP adress (tunnel). This way your Internet Services Provider can't detect you are using Skype or another VoIP software ! It allow you access to censored content and geographical locked contents (i.e: listening radio on pandora.com , watching TV streams for US residents, ...).

There is a lot of VPN softwares, the first I tried was VPNaccounts. I didn't like it because it took a lot of time for activation, it was expensive and helpdesk support was very slow. :thumbdown:

A friend of mine who lives in Belize told me about another VPN software called Witopia personnalVPN.

Now I am using Witopia personnalVPN. It is easier to use (you just have to launch the software before launching Skype), faster and cheaper than all other VPN softwares I tried.

It costs 39.99$ and works perfectly.

You can download it from the editor's website :

[url]http://www.witopia.personnalvpn.helpnote.net/[/url]

Works on Windows and Mac.

I hope this post will help people who are in those countries and reducing censorship !

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>After travelling in Dubai (UAE) and in China, I found a software that unblock Skype and censored contents in some countries. </p>
<p>I know Skype is blocked or there is censor in the following countries : Belize, China, Columbia, Cuba, Jordan, UAE &#8230;</p>
<p>After searching internet, I found a way to make calls and to access censored content in those countries using a VPN (Virtual Private Network).</p>
<p>How does it works ?</p>
<p>A VPN encrypte the data you send on internet to a US IP adress (tunnel). This way your Internet Services Provider can&#8217;t detect you are using Skype or another VoIP software ! It allow you access to censored content and geographical locked contents (i.e: listening radio on pandora.com , watching TV streams for US residents, &#8230;).</p>
<p>There is a lot of VPN softwares, the first I tried was VPNaccounts. I didn&#8217;t like it because it took a lot of time for activation, it was expensive and helpdesk support was very slow. :thumbdown:</p>
<p>A friend of mine who lives in Belize told me about another VPN software called Witopia personnalVPN.</p>
<p>Now I am using Witopia personnalVPN. It is easier to use (you just have to launch the software before launching Skype), faster and cheaper than all other VPN softwares I tried.</p>
<p>It costs 39.99$ and works perfectly.</p>
<p>You can download it from the editor&#8217;s website :</p>
<p>[url]http://www.witopia.personnalvpn.helpnote.net/[/url]</p>
<p>Works on Windows and Mac.</p>
<p>I hope this post will help people who are in those countries and reducing censorship !</p>
<p>-</p>
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		<title>By: azrin</title>
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		<dc:creator>azrin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>VOIP works there actually but the connection been ....well, SUCKS! Even at Starbucks where it costs $30/day!

azrin @ http://www.azrin.net</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>VOIP works there actually but the connection been &#8230;.well, SUCKS! Even at Starbucks where it costs $30/day!</p>
<p>azrin @ <a href="http://www.azrin.net" rel="nofollow">http://www.azrin.net</a></p>
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		<title>By: Bahama Cruise Blog &#187; Bad News! Skype Does Not Work in Dubai</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bahama Cruise Blog &#187; Bad News! Skype Does Not Work in Dubai</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] 20new.com wrote something that might interest you todayHere&#8217;s a brief breakdown I was a little bit shocked to find out that I could not use Skype while trying to contact my wife &#8230; . This is the news which I have got after googling to find the reason why Skype has been banned in UAE. State-owned Etisalat - the country’s only fixed line operator –claims it did not ban Skype [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] 20new.com wrote something that might interest you todayHere&#8217;s a brief breakdown I was a little bit shocked to find out that I could not use Skype while trying to contact my wife &#8230; . This is the news which I have got after googling to find the reason why Skype has been banned in UAE. State-owned Etisalat - the country’s only fixed line operator –claims it did not ban Skype [...]</p>
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