Comments on: As AT&T, Apple, and Google battle it out the Canadian consumer is asleep http://www.thetelecomblog.com/2009/08/22/as-att-apple-and-google-battle-it-out-the-canadian-consumer-is-asleep/ Telecom news, thoughts, analysis and provocative opinion Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:51:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jim Courtney http://www.thetelecomblog.com/2009/08/22/as-att-apple-and-google-battle-it-out-the-canadian-consumer-is-asleep/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Jim Courtney Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:45:39 +0000 http://www.thetelecomblog.com/?p=434#comment-127 Ah, it's so easy to assume that Rogers is blocking Skype. Check out these two posts for the real story (confirming what Andrew has indicated in his comment): Is Rogers Setting A Benchmark for Net Neutrality Policies? (http://voiceontheweb.biz/2009/06/is-rogers-setting-a-benchmark-for-net-neutrality-policies/) and Skype for iPhone: Not Available in Canada (http://voiceontheweb.biz/2009/03/skype-for-iphone-not-available-in-canada/) Ah, it’s so easy to assume that Rogers is blocking Skype. Check out these two posts for the real story (confirming what Andrew has indicated in his comment): Is Rogers Setting A Benchmark for Net Neutrality Policies? (http://voiceontheweb.biz/2009/06/is-rogers-setting-a-benchmark-for-net-neutrality-policies/) and Skype for iPhone: Not Available in Canada (http://voiceontheweb.biz/2009/03/skype-for-iphone-not-available-in-canada/)

]]> By: Andrew http://www.thetelecomblog.com/2009/08/22/as-att-apple-and-google-battle-it-out-the-canadian-consumer-is-asleep/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Andrew Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:05:38 +0000 http://www.thetelecomblog.com/?p=434#comment-126 Rogers doesn't do everything right (crap upload speeds, blocking UMA when roaming out of Canada, crazy prices to name a few) but with Skype they have publicly stated they would not only allow Skype on the network, but would also allow Voice over 3G if Apple enabled it. The lack of the iPhone Skype.app in Canada (easy workaround - just set up a non Canadian iTunes account) is about a Canadian codec patent issue which the iPhone app uses. Rogers doesn’t do everything right (crap upload speeds, blocking UMA when roaming out of Canada, crazy prices to name a few) but with Skype they have publicly stated they would not only allow Skype on the network, but would also allow Voice over 3G if Apple enabled it.

The lack of the iPhone Skype.app in Canada (easy workaround – just set up a non Canadian iTunes account) is about a Canadian codec patent issue which the iPhone app uses.

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