I got a mail today that says:
As of yesterday May31 Ogero is blocking all Voice Over IP ports. Meaning any device using VOIP such as MagicJack, Linksys or Cisco VOIP boxes are all being blocked, as well as some SoftPhone VOIP services such as RingCentral and many others.
I remember getting similar mails in the past few months but no official statement could be found to confirm this story. It doesn’t surprise me though as the Internet as a whole sucks in Lebanon and it is all due to the ministry and the government. VOIP is crucial to many businesses in Lebanon, i don’t know which idiot, if they really did, decided to come up with such measures.
Here are some psychological symptoms you might face while using the Internet in Lebanon. (Via Maya’s Amalgam)
PS: While i was looking for official Ogero statements on that matter, i found out that we have a Lebanese geeks website and forums. Pretty cool!
clearly they didn’t get the point of the internet over here!!
It’s really ridiculous to be rules by ignorants
I hope this is just a chain message , and it probably is , because this will have a large impact on the businesses in lebanon ,and this decision will probably be discouraged by the government.
As if free VPN does not exist! They can block whatever the hell they want. I am not sure who took this dumb decision .. Yet again trying to block new businisses and opportunities to Lebanon.. Oh ya.. Keep on voting for these idiots guys please so they can make our life more miserable!
It seems that the idiots at the Telecom ministry and Ogero did block the VoIP ports, as my magic jack didn’t worked June/1/2010, but I have found a solution that works at times.
1- Go to http://www.whatismyip.com/
2- Make note of your IP address.
3- Unplug the power from the Ogero DSL router for over 10 minutes, then plug the power back (doing so should assign a new IP address).
4- Go to http://www.whatismyip.com/ – to check that you have been assigned a new IP address, once you have verified that a new IP address has been assigned then plug your magic jack and try to make calls.
P.S you might need to try all steps above several times in order to work.
Anyone with better ways please posts them here or email them to me ahmadhibrahim@msn.com
This is the best way guys you cannot go wrong:
google ultravpn. fr
sign up for a free account and download their free software.
Open ultra VPN and click on connect, put the user name and password that u have created for free while signing up.
By doing so you will be assigned a French or a us IP
plug in your magic Jack or open your Skype or whatever voip you have and enjoy.
If the idiots at the ministry blocks VPN then they will be litterarly killing 90% of the local business in Lebanon. At this point when they do so you have to move to the latest form of VPN that is based on stp technology this usualy cost around $10 per month to subscribe with a us providor. To block this technology they have to block port 443 that is https used by all online banking I really doubt they will block this port but with those dumb idoits all is possible….
I try to go as you say Maz but didn’t work Please can you help me i have vonage
Well, no need to use VPN. Try sippp.com to bypass port restrictions. It’s not free (around $5 or $6 per month). Ask for a free-trial before placing an order to make sure their service work in your case.