Re: Skype: "Free" Internet Telephony

Uh, free except for that non-free EULA . . .

Seth Johnson wrote:
> 
> (Forwarded from Pho list.  Liberated by the Minnesota decision, here it
> comes.  -- Seth)
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: pho: NYT: A Giant Meteor Hurtling on a Collision Course Toward
> Earth
>    Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 13:27:49 -0400
>   From: Kevin Doran <[email protected]>
>     To: [email protected]
> 
> Skype and VOIP (but no SIP) telecom impact.  Mostly a heads up to
> stockholders.  Includes the news that Skype users will be enabled to dial up
> non-Internet handsets/cells sometime next year.
> 
> Got that?
> 
> Skype will be the killer app that drives the shift to WiFi deployment and
> adoption.  Whether the telcos are ready for _that_  event determines if this
> signals their disintermediation or rebirth.
> 
> k
> 
> .
> http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/business/yourmoney/12kaza.html?pagewanted=print&position=

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