Free P2P telephone service - skype

Saaby

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iChat AV is supposedly standards based. As soon as some Windows chat program addopts the standard...

Skype looks pretty cool too, though.
 

Sigman

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I'm certainly tempted to try it...I've been unimpressed with IP telephony till now, if anyone tries this please give us your thoughts, eh? Technology will get better and better as we go along...perhaps this one's the ticket?
 

PhotonBoy

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Update

"Have talked to a few folks and this is pretty slick and definitely the best sounding of any of the voiceIP technologies that we've ever tried out. Totally blows away net2phone."

Might be a gotcha later on when the beta testing is finished. Theoretically, it shouldn't cost any more than email does today, IMO.
 

PhotonBoy

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http://jrobb.mindplex.org/2003/09/19.html

"...Janus Friis, one of the founders of Skype and its vice president of strategy, recently said the company plans to launch a service within six months to allow people to make calls over Skype using their traditional phones. Skype intends to make money by selling a package of additional telephone services to users, such as voice mail, Mr. Friis said. Phone calls will remain free."
 

ttran97

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Ok, I'll try this out....but if it doesn't work.......... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif
 

ttran97

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Pretty impressive. There isn't any lag like with Yahoo Messenger. I'm on a crappy dial-up, and my family is on a cable modem. We got booted a couple times, but that was over the time period of an hour or so. I hope things continue to improve! Thanks PhotonBoy for introducing this!
 

PhotonBoy

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New York Times article on Skype (Free registration required)

"The company does not earn any money right now, but is betting that consumers will eventually pay for premium services, like voice mail. This winter, Skype plans to introduce a feature that will enable users to call people on regular telephones - for a fee it says will be "substantially lower'' than current phone service. That means that Skype wouldn't just allow computer-savvy users to call one another; it would allow them to call anybody with regular phone service.

In a recent report on the telecommunications industry, Daiwa Securities wrote that Skype "is something to be scared of, and is probably set to become the biggest story of the year'' in the telecom sector. "We think the Skype offering (and whatever may follow it) is akin to a giant meteor hurtling on a collision course toward Earth," the report said."
 

PhotonBoy

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http://64.55.181.130/news/geeknews/2003Oct/gee20031013022164.htm

Geek.com on Skype (rhymes with 'hype'):

"Ultimately this is going to require a massive shake-up in the communications sector, as it won't just affect companies trying to get into the VoIP business but traditional phone usage as well, as more and more people come online and get broadband.

The KaZaA boys have done it again, but this time with something no one can argue is not a good thing: free communication."
 
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