VoIP
Ataur Katebi, On e-mail
I'm a student in an American university working towards PhD degree. I have some family members I like to be in touch with. I'm on assistantship which means I work as a research assistant or a teaching assistant to support my studies. So I'm always on a tight budget. Also, I like to save a little to support my poor family members back in Bangladesh. Previously, I used to use different phone cards- mostly from Access Asia- to communicate with my family members in Bangladesh. The rate was like above 150 minutes for 10 dollars. However, Access Asia is now out of market - they don't sell phone cards any more. Also, other companies who are still selling phone cards or new companies which emerged recently are charging very high -- for example, Cardinal Talk gives around 50 minutes for 10 dollars which is too expensive compared to what we used to get before and also too expensive compared to what people from most other countries get. This is a consequence of shutting down VoIP service. This is affecting almost all people abroad. I think most people are immensely frustrated about this as I am. I believe, it would have been wise if the government imposed taxes from back date on the VoIP business, rather than shutting them down. Also, after they shut it down, they could have legalised it and put things in a legal frame work, so that the VoIP business could start again without delay.
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