[asterisk-biz] Skype Free International Calls

[Rehan AllahWala]

In My Opinion, This is a VERY Smart move by skype, no matter how much we cry, but US is 
far behind in IM usage then many many other countries.

The amount of IM being used in China, I have seen is un beliveable, and skype is with 
EVERY ONE, that's one of the main reasons Ebay paid so much money to Skype.

MSN is also very very highly used, every person i meet there, They seem to be on msn if not 
skype.

I personally feel that this move from skype will encourage north american users to not be 
scared of the power and usage of the net and maybe they will embrase it.

The US Govt and Media scare's people way way too much, from what is out there, as if there 
are alien's living in other countries.

Way to go skype !!!

Rehan



> On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 21:57 +1000, Craig Lawrence wrote:
> > Can anyone make sense of Skype's business model? See this...
> > 
> > http://www.amperordirect.com/pc/r-skype-news/z-news-062106a.html
> > 
> > I assume I'm missing something.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 
> 
> Near as I can tell they are doing this as a loss leader to build a brand
> name and market acceptance.  IE build their user base so it can become
> profitable.  
> 
> They are also fighting the war against companies like sony and google
> that advertise this great new voip thing that doesnt let you do any pstn
> interconnection.  Companies like those, while their product may be good
> or not (and that doesnt matter for this point) create the illusion that
> voip cant bridge to regular telephones.  That is also why vonage so
> aggressively advertises that you can infact call and receive calls "to
> regular telephones".  
> 
> At least that is how I see it on this issue, I may be wrong, but if
> anything I am willing to bet that I am right, even if its not the whole
> motive.
> 
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