I have the solution:-

- Well VOIP was/is illegal in Nepal ...  and ........... AT&T is the only legal calling card in Nepal.

- Buy those AT&T ... $5 = 26 mins. calling cards from Himtel or TeleNepal.com if you are in EMERGENCY... its LEGAL and works without any complaints... coz that is the only "legal" calling card to Nepal....

Lets not get into technical shit here, but it all started happening when the caller id technology was introduced in Nepal. Unfortunately, HimTel CEO, Hemendra Bohra was in Nepal then, for some family bihey, ... and HimTel cards stoppted working first..... and we all heard all that news about Hemendra Bohra running away with all the cash!!! .. lol..... I was in Nepal then too.... poor Mr. Bohra refunding all his customers and trying to get things in track...!!

And ofcourse, its not "Lato Desh ma Batho Tanneri" ... NTC has a deal with AT&T... that NTC will let AT&T to be the exclusive provider of incoming international calls to nepal. It could change, if those "Batho Desh ko Lato" workers at NTC let NTC get privatized...... but they won't coz, they loose their jobs... and ofcourse, NTC would certainly make a lil more money, if they license out voip operators ... but all these BATHO sarkari jagires will end up with their own hadtal.. if ntc thinks abt getting it privatized.....

well, i don't know if its "lato desh ma batho tanneri" or "batho desh ma lato tanneri" .....but its always easy for ppl to come up and just "comment" on issues...