"RH" <rh@no-spicedham.exelsys.com> wrote in message
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> "Harry Stottle" <sorryspamdoesntwork@nospam.uk.co> wrote in message
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>>I was considering taking out a mobile broadband service and was
>>looking through the options. T-mobile are advertising their Web'n'Walk
>>service at £15.00/month for 3 GB, but when I dug through a couple of
>>layers of small print, I found the following
>> <Quote> We do not permit use of this service for internet phone
>> calls</Quote>
>> Link [url]http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/services/uk/fairuse/[/url]
>> This seems like a restrictive practice to me, a mobile phone company
>> providing a different type of service, but banning users of that
>> service from using it in a way that could result in competition to
>> their main service. How do others see this, and does anyone know if
>> this could be challenged legally, because if T-Mobile are allowed to
>> get away with banning internet phone calls through their broadband
>> service, then I can see VoIP being increasingly threatened.[/color]
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> This is fair enough as far as I can see, as long as they tell you in
> advance can not see an issue with this. They offer a service
> and is up to user to agree if they want it or not. Why would any
> company offer a service which would cut their core business[/color]
So what would happen if BT and Virgin Media decided they were not going
to allow VoIP over their services?
VoIP would be severely limited, making it unavailable to the masses just
to protect the profits of the big companies.