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Cell companies want to keep their monopoly and continue to gouge people for inflated voice/data rates and long-term contracts. If Skype were ever allowed to gain a real foothold as an alternative mobile service, large companies like Verizon and AT&T wouldn't be able to compete. This is one of the major reasons why Google is being attacked on every front for pushing the FCC to open a portion of the wireless spectrum for free WiFi access to anyone in the U.S.A. The internet is already providing better, cheaper alternatives to every source of communication. Give people free access to it, and every traditional voice, television, and internet provider in the country would go bankrupt.
Let's hope the next internet revolution comes sooner rather than later!
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by bizkat28
February 2, 2009 11:26 PM PST
- Skype is a great way to stay in contact with others if you have an online business or just like to surf the web 24/7. Skype also sells a hands free phone that you can take anywhere.
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(3 Comments)I personally use Skype for business purposes.
Thou, Skype is a great service company, my concern is the connection signal between Skype and cellphones. Everytime someone calls from a cell phone (incoming and/or outgoing) the connection is horrible. I would think SKYPE would have figured all this out by now.I have been with Skype for almost a year and most of my clients now own a cellphone instead of a land land.O(,for quicker or more convenient connectivity).
SO, my question is when is Skype going to work on the signal between a cellphone and their service?