China – Is Skype blocked in China? Yes.Venezuela – A few Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been reported to block Skype as they offer their own VoIP service.Mexico – Some ISPs block VoIP services.Skype service is extremely expensive and the internet is also slow. Cuba – With poor internet infrastructure, access to computers is limited.Caribbean – Countries that use Cable & Wireless (the largest telecommunications provider) are blocked from using Skype.Brazil – Brazil Telecom blocks Skype but allows VoIP calling through their own services.
Belize – Skype is blocked by Belize Telecommunications Ltd, which allows VoIP calling through their own services.Where are Skype and VoIP services blocked? Central and South America: For this reason, Skype, and other encrypted apps are blocked, as they prevent government snooping. Skype in Egypt, for example, is blocked due to unofficial government policies which insist on blocking services that can’t be monitored by the government. Some countries oppose service independence and want to track their citizens. Because Skype offers free video calls over the internet, some telcos lobby to have it blocked or block it themselves because they fear losing revenue. Most countries in Central and South America block all VoIP (Voice over IP) and Skype because they have single providers that offer both internet and telephone services. However, different countries have different policies that can get Skype banned, or keep Skype blocked. This may have negative effects on other applications that are setting up HTTPS connections via the proxy server.The censorship of Skype is widespread, and it can be frustrating if you can’t use the same software or apps you normally use in your home country. These additions cause the HTTP proxy server to block all HTTPS requests that have an IP address as their destination. # Prevent anyone to download anything from skype website # Prevent Skype connecting HTTPs using CONNECT requests to IP addressesĪcl NUMERIC-IPS url_regex ^+\.+\.+\.+ To make the proxy do so, you have to add the following lines to your HTTP proxy advanced configuration: The HTTP-proxy is able to filter HTTPS request that do have an IP address as destination. Skype establishes HTTPS sessions directly to destination IP adresses, this is a rather unusual behaviour since most applications are addressing their destination for HTTPS sessions by their hostname.
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