[wsfii-discuss] 3 Skypephone - free (not as free as beer!)

Mon Oct 29 18:32:28 UTC 2007

On 10/29/07, Vickram Crishna <v1clist at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/176637492/<http://feeds.engadget.com/%7Er/weblogsinc/engadget/%7E3/176637492/>
>
> A post in Engadget reports a co-branded 'free' Skypephone service is
> launched in the UK. With ITU placing WiMax in the 3G category, and telcos
> offering free Skype to Skype calls (to paying customers), it seems as though
> the threat from alternate technologies is finally forcing a shift in
> attitudes.
>
> The question is, will these options becoming available to well-heeled
> (relatively) consumers lead to diminishing of freedom (options) for others?
>

Skype has nothing to do with  Freedom.  This news is bad news for me. But
you're right it's still VOIP for the average user.

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