Skype could be cut off for good

Living far from loved ones? Don't want a land line? Skype it up while you can.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article6735381.ece

To say I'm displeased by this would be a gross understatement.

 

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It's the only way my wife can talk to (and see!) her family and friends 6,000 miles away without it costing a fortune.

 

Yeah, I figured you wouldn't be too hot on the idea, either.

Doesn't Yahoo Messenger have some kind of voice chat?

 

Yes. I think there are other options (Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ) . . . but they don't perform as seamlessly as Skype.

 

Will this help?

http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html

 

That sucks. I used Skype a ton when I was in England. Though, wouldn't it be possible to video chat on gmail?

 

This could have an impact on TV news reporting. My newspaper's media partner, a TV station about 45 miles from here, has a reporter working out of our office. He feeds his live stories through Skype.

 

g-voice, msn, yahoo etc. all do the job. Although not as good as Skype.

 

Man, this has been a lifesaver for my wife and her family back in Cape Town. Used to go through a ton of phone cards that gave you 30 minutes for too much money. Now she talks to her mom for three or four hours every Sunday. She has used Yahoo as well but didn't like it as much.

 

My brother's with the Guard in Iraq and our family uses Skype a lot.
Once again, a dispute about money is threatening a good thing.

 

Sounds a lot like the BlackBerry issue a few years ago.

 

What exactly did eBay get for its $2.5 billion if not "the rights to the technology at the heart of the system"? The name? A logo?

Remarkably stupid.