While the news that China's major telecoms were preparing to block SkypeOut and other PC-to-phone services raised an outcry from private users of VoIP, other casualties of this implementation of already-existing regulations are underground VoIP service providers. These "net-talk cafes," which offer VoIP-based long-distance service for a cost of 0.3 yuan (US$0.037) per minute, exist in a regulatory grey area - it is uncertain whether they should be treated as telecom providers, which would make them illegal, or if they are merely offering value-added services.