Skype blocked by Qualitynet
It was bound to happen, Qualitynet has now also blocked Skype.com and even Fring.com!
Aug 15, 2008
Contribute
If you have anything you think would be interesting to share on this blog
[email me]
2:48PM
Stuff I think is worth sharing taken from the b-sides.
- People are Awesome – January 2012 Edition
- Skyrim Intervention
- Iranian Women Ninjas
- Breaded Cats
- Nirvana’s “Polly” by Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra
- More...
Upcoming Events
If you're looking for something to do.
- Classical Piano Concert
- PAWS 7th annual dog show
- Beyond Demolition and Heritage
- Red Bull Car Park Drift Kuwait 2012
- Concours d’Elegance 2012 – Kuwait
- More...
Blog Archive
Shift through my older posts by subject.
- 80s & 90s
- Activities
- Animals & Wildlife
- Apple
- Automotive
- Blog Info
- Commercials
- Complaints
- Computers & Electronics
- Design
- Dining Guide
- Events
- Fashion
- First Impression
- Food
- Fun
- Funny
- Gadget Reviews
- Gadgets
- Geek
- Geo our Dog
- Gossip & Rumors
- Guest Bloggers
- Healthier Lifestyle
- In Focus
- Information
- Interesting
- Internet
- Kuwait
- Lawsuit
- Links
- Luxury
- Mags & Books
- Moblogging
- Motorbikes
- Movies
- Music
- News
- Offers
- Personal
- Photography
- Politics
- R/C
- Reviews
- Shopping
- Sneak Peek
- Sneakers
- Software
- Sports
- Strange
- Technology
- Television
- Toys
- Travel
- Video Games
- Videos
- Work Related
Who posts here?
Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Mark is a creative director at an ad agency while Nat runs her own design studio called Push+Pull.
Site tools
Here are some links related to this blog.
you can still download it from download.com. they got 3.8 and the beta 4.0
Its not about downloading the file. If you want to credit your account you need to login to Skype.com
Qualitynet stincks they block everything.
that sucks!!
AOL 9.1 will work just fine with any blocked websites! But remember you have to be signed on with your screen name and password in order to browse those websites! signing on with guest as a screen name will prevent you from accessing those websites.
by the way it is only compatible with Windows OS.
Enjoy!
Invading human’s life privacy and freedom!!!
Mark, if you need to credit your skype account you can do it easily by using a proxy. Once you log in just pay and your done.
Ummm, we can still use skype though can’t we ? Its just the site ?
Wnet still has them opened, hope it stays that way.
As long as you have the skype client you’ll be fine, and as for crediting your account, you could use the auto recharge feature from paypal.
Second option is Moneybookers.com, which by the way, now has a tie up with Commercial Bank.
Well, they couldn’t let the other ISP’s have all the glory now…could they?
You can still access the site with a proxy. It’s just a web block.
guys u dont know what to enter your personal information like credit card numbers via a proxy.
you can configure a private proxy on your own site Mark and then use it, look for cgi proxy/phproxy etc.
Yep. Here’s a fun mac command if you have dreamhost or any other hosting service with SSH
ssh -D 9999 -l username yoursite.com
You can now tunnel your traffic by setting a SOCKs proxy on your local machine 127.0.0.1 port 9999
Bojacob, dreamhost disabled that.
Btw Skype works fine on e-go (zain buys bandwidth from qualitynet no?)
Typical MOC mentality, If you can’t Beat Them, Block Them!!
And Moey, Zain’s Internet Backbone might go through Qualitynet but im sure they have their own Cache Engines.
Trust Me, This is Kuwait, What MOC wants, MOC gets. Every ISP will have to block both sites sooner or later.
you cannot trust your personal and credit card info with proxies, guys!
I use cashU to recharge skype and it is working fine! wohoo!
Sinner, you can subscribe to softwares such as JAP (google it). I pay monthly when I’m in Kuwait, fast servers.
I have ghost surf, which is faster n I think is secure than JAP.
get this http://www.banana-vpn.com and let the ISP and MOC do what they want
use anonymouse.org then open skype.com from there it worked for me
All those guys mentioning hacks on how to get around this, a big thank you, now they will block all the ports / IPs / ISPs you mentioned too. If you want to help your friends, email them. Don’t announce it to the world.
Don Veto
Don’t worry…if it was for the ISPs they don’t want to block anything-not even porn- its the MOC that asks them to.
And once Apple finds a way to keep its iPhone from being hacked only then the MOC can block VOIP.
Why doesnt someone call Qualitynet and asked why these websites are being blocked? Skype isnt porn. Its quite useful. A lot of people use to to talk to their loved ones who are studying abroad and stuff.. Why doesn’t someone call a bitch! Instead your looking for ways around it like proxys and shit.. they have no right.. we need to fight it.. not give in.. silly people..
And while your at it.. complain about the gayness of youtube.. what is the problem?! seriously..
VOIP is technically illegal in kuwait
So is Alcohol ;-)
i know VOIP is illegal but still the zain and mtc prices are too hgh still they can block anonymouse.org
Why on earth would they block Skype…..retards.
Mark, if u want to access Skype.com just use this link:
http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://www.skype.com/intl/en/
many other options to recharge ur account that were mentioned by the guys.
SWOS its risky to use your credit card while using a public proxy
Moey: SSH tunneling to dreamhost works fine here. I’m on the Mento server. I’m using it right this moment.
i solved my problem by getting a vpn account. now i can access pandora again and even got it setup on my iphone so pandora there too!
Skype, fring and pcphonecall and many other sites have been blocked by qnet, kems and FT. you can use proxies to access them, but be careful with your credit card info.
STFU…… i cant believe you people. Always complaining about every single thing. This country has given and given and given. But has anyone said thank you??? NO!!! These are the rules. And everyone has to follow these rules. You all dont like go back to your own countries. A. K. A. GTFO…….
:p to mocman…
somehow even those skype is blocked.. i could still make my payment and charge the account! … im on qnet
Mark, may I ask which vpn did you get and why (ie. advantages)?
http://www.witopia.net/
It was only $40 a year
Has SSL for when browsing from my computer
Has PPTP for when browsing from my iphone
There are other options also:
https://www.secureix.com/personal.shtml
The latency so far with Witopia is twice as long but since I am not using it for video games it hasn’t effected me that much.
Hulu, Pandora and NBColympics now work on my computer because the VPN is US based.
Skype, Playboy and whatever other site that is blocked by Qualitynet now work fine.
Thank you Mark for the fast reply.
Witopia looks tempting but what about its usage? doing well with you or you faced any problems? and by the way do you know of any vpn that is compatible with windows mobile and symbian?
thank you again.
Since you guys started the VPN talk, you can always establish a free VPN connection between yourself and someone you really know and can trust (brother ??), and who happens to live in the “free” world with a reliable 24/7 broadband.
Here’s the HOW-TO:
http://www.computernetworkinghelp.com/content/view/41/1/
Cheers;
another way is you pay roughly 10 to 20 KD a month rent a dedicated server online , install your own proxy server and use that as a proxy …
if you can work as a group of friends .. you can work out your own thing really cheap.
yeah except using a proxy isn’t a better solution than vpn.
VPN is a lot more practical to use since once you turn it on you just browse and do everything as you would regularly do. Plus $40 a year is cheaper than 10KD a month and you get more out of it.
Witopia is great , cheap and quite secure… i use it myself.. but itsnt stable, many times i have to disconnect and reconnect about 4 to 8 times to get it working… Even though it says secure, you sure you can trust it?.
I understand vpn’s are more stronger than proxies ..
But keeping security in mind(about how many unknown connections to same link) and the latency involved.. i would work on the proxy…
Well unless you’ve written the code for the proxy yourself I don’t see how you can trust that.
Witopia has been stable with me but I’ve only been using it for a day now but even if Witopia is not stable, Witopia is just one supplier of VPN, there are a million more.
Its not about VPN being stronger than proxies, its about the limitations of proxies.
Latency is a problem with proxies and VPN but keep in mind the extra time that involves you going to the proxy website and typing your url there. Yes typing because you can’t use all your saved bookmarks. With VPN once its on you don’t have to do anything else, it just works.
??? when i mean proxy … i dont mean sites like annoymouse etc.. i mean “settings which you do in the your internet setup”
About “whether i have written the code” … thats a whole different story.. i do not think you quite understood what i meant..
ah ok, now i get what kind of proxy you’re talking about.
:-)
Thanks Mark for this post and the info. Very very helpful.
WTF!
Even proxy sites like hidemyass.com & anonymouse.org will be blocked soon!
There is some mobiles from Nokia itself working with a new technology called GAN (UMA) its like VoIP will be forbidden to enter our market!
word to the wise. if you have slowness issues with witopia it may help to use their DNS servers and not your isp’s. I’ve used them for years all around the world but had some very bad slowness once and got this advice from their customer service dept. The link is http://www.wiki.witopia.net/FAQ (#6) I like them..their price for openVPN service is incredible and like the other poster mentioned..Pandora over VPN through my iPhone is a sweet sweet extra.
Limit, agree with you :)
Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Guys I have a secure solution. Use AnchoreFree Hotspot Shield. It is a secure VPN that protect you when you access the internet from a public WiFi. It can also be used to bypass Kuwait censorship ;)
It is free.
To the guy above: Hotspot Shield is now blocked by Zain.
Hi
I have successfully recharged skype through using the below link:
https://secure.skype.com
Use this and you can recharge your skype at least :)
cheers
Mark
I always charge my credit on skype. When you sign in via the application (not the website) and click to recharge it opens up a page that isn’t blocked. I’ve been doing this for the past 2 years now. Qualitynet maybe blocking skype but they’re ignorant enough to miss out stuff :)