[VOIPSEC] VOIP for free??

[Vatsal Mehta]

Kartik,

>Just heard this, need to verify it. So you have companies like 
>vonage and etc selling you VoIP phone with a local number. All 
>you need is a internet broadband and a box then you got a US 
>number. What is stopping someone ship this box to,say taiwan, 
>and making int'l call paying local price($20 for unlimited 
>call)?

That is exactly why VOIP is popular for travelers. So who would stop them -
probably Taiwanese telecom operators, who lose revenue. The location of
phone can be detected by Vonage etc. through IP Address, and they can
possibly charge more for "roaming". 

Problems would be the quality of service. You cannot guarantee how much
end-to-end bandwidth you get by sitting in some hotel in Taiwan using your
VOIP phone.

>is there any security implication on this?

The same security implications are applied to this as to any other VOIP
system. Except, if you are taking your company distributed VOIP phone or a
Vonage phone; question would be who is supposed to implement the security.

Best Regards,

Vatsal

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Vatsal Mehta
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Voipsec-bounces at voipsa.org 
>[mailto:Voipsec-bounces at voipsa.org] On Behalf Of Kartik Trivedi
>Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 7:58 AM
>To: voipsec at voipsa.org
>Subject: [VOIPSEC] VOIP for free??
>
>Guys,
>
>Just got this question from one of my friends...Any thoughts?
>
>Just heard this, need to verify it. So you have companies like 
>vonage and etc selling you VoIP phone with a local number. All 
>you need is a internet broadband and a box then you got a US 
>number. What is stopping someone ship this box to,say taiwan, 
>and making int'l call paying local price($20 for unlimited 
>call)? From my understanding, it is practically doable. Skype 
>makes it free, but it doesn't give you a US phone number. So 
>is there any security implication on this?
>
>Thanks in advance!!
>
>
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