Got competition? Why not block them out completely!

What they dont teach you at Harvard Business School: Got Competition? Why not block them out completely!

A leading Gulf based Telco has submitted plans to stop unsuspecting Skype users from using their service. They plan to block the VoIP packets using technology licensed from Bitek to 'police' the VoIP traffic.

Gulfnews reports:

Quoted:

"It's all about erasing the competition. They can use this system to choose who can use VoIP and who can't, and they may choose to only allow their programs to be used if they start it up,"

Further they report:

"It is good idea to use Snyper software because it controls the network traffic by simply blocking these Skype users. It also acts as traffic filter and returns the control to the network adminsitrator," said Ahmad.

Since it was released in 2003, Skype has been downloaded more than 151 million times and has over 50 million registered users globally."

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