Mactron
el camino Real
Premium
join:2001-12-16
CM94sv
| Maybe, Maybe not...
While I like Skype for outbound calls. I'm still on the fence about renewing. The $15 sign up last year was irresistible. This year I'm wondering if I will. The $39 Magicjack has worked out pretty well. 
Maybe another $15 offer will do it. 
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lordie
My new year resolution is 1080P
join:2001-11-13
Sunnyvale, CA
 ·Comcast
 ·Skype
| I still don't get it
I still don't get why eBay bought Skype.. and for a ludicrous amount of money..
I like Skype, and I use it every day, but nothing that I do with Skype is to the benefits of eBay..
someone needs to get fired... 
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Subaru
1-3-2-4
Premium
join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT
clubs:  | i ask the same question on why AMD brought ATi. |
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
·Optimum Online
| reply to Mactron
Re: Maybe, Maybe not...
said by Mactron  :Maybe another $15 offer will do it. I feel the same way. $15 would be worth it considering the limited number of times I actually use it for phone calls. $39 is a bit too hard for me to justify at this time. That is even more expensive than the non-discounted rate last year. I guess that is a sign that eBay owns them. |
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pokesph
It Is Almost Fast
Premium
join:2001-06-25
Sacramento, CA
clubs:
·Comcast
| Skype
I have no issues with it myself.. never have had any problems (yet)
For me, it's just one of those apps that just works, no muss no fuss.
Customer service, in general, needs to be improved throughout the IT world. (not just with skype..) seems we who pay for services are constantly treated like second class citizens, and that sux. |
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phoneboy3
@shawcable.net
| This article is bang on
I think this article is bang on because I made the same prediction when I heard about the ebay purchase. It's totally unrelated to eBays core competency and that pretty much NEVER works out.
Who knows what eBay was smokin when they bought them....and at such a bargain.....NOT! |
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JasonD
@comcast.net | Any business model that...
depends upon using someone else's bandwidth for free is a bad idea. And yes, that pretty much means ALL third party voip. |
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barqsdrinker
What Can I Photograph Today?
Premium
join:2001-02-26
Apo, AE
clubs:
| Could you not include *ANY* P2P then?? All of them utilize somebody else's bandwidth.
What's this got to do with Skype?? Skype is a (sorta) P2P application.
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L337
Premium
join:2005-03-10
Chicago, IL | I'm a paying customer and I'm pissed
I love the fact you can have unlimited calls in the US but if you're traveling to a different country and use skype on your pc, they will charge you on your credits!. WTF? Unlimited US calls means unlimted US calls! |
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Cyber2lz
join:2001-11-15
Odessa, FL | eats memory
shortly after 2.52 my Skype started eating my memory.
Turned it off then.
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Prespd
join:2004-03-10
San Diego, CA
| Skype's good for me
I travel to Asia 8-12 times a year and now find Skype indispensable. I use it to talk daily to my friends in China while I am in the US. They are in a Hunan province countryside where they have no computer and only cell, and for calling my wife back home in San Diego while I am away. My company uses it extensively for international calls and conference calls between multiple sites and for a startup company like mine, it's been great.
I think the prices are extremely cheap, so maybe it's not economically viable to keep going, but even a modest increase in price for credits wouldn't turn me away. I think $0.02/min to call China is great. And calling the US from China using skype is awesome. i burned through my Chinese cell minutes calling my wife once during the fires here in SD back in October. |
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL
·Cox VOIP
·Skype
·Cox HSI
 ·AT&T Southeast
·magicjack.com
| reply to lordie
Re: I still don't get it
said by lordie :I still don't get why eBay bought Skype.. and for a ludicrous amount of money.. I like Skype, and I use it every day, but nothing that I do with Skype is to the benefits of eBay.. someone needs to get fired... Ebay bought Skype almost demanding its sellers use it so buyers could ask questions about auctions. That bombed. I just wonder why Meg "Whitless" Whitman is still the CEO.
Personally, I hope Skype ends up being a money pit for crooked Ebay. Still can't believe they paid $4.5 billion for it.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
1 edit | reply to JasonD
Re: Any business model that...
said by JasonD :
depends upon using someone else's bandwidth for free is a bad idea. And yes, that pretty much means ALL third party voip.
Huh? When I call a friend(with my paid for service) and he answers(on his paid for service)... where are we using someone elses bandwidth? 
Nothing I do on my connection is free! I pay my bill every month!
Is my paid membership at _______ piping in the killer porn getting a free ride?
Got iTunes? There is a business that is using bandwidth too, huh?
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Subaru
1-3-2-4
Premium
join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT
clubs: | reply to supergirl
Re: I still don't get it
holy hell.. $4.5 Billion?? first time for me hearing the price on it.. Is Skype worth that much in the first place?!?!? |
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jig
join:2001-01-05
Hacienda Heights, CA | yaaa
i've had no problems, and everyone i introduce it to love it. |
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ricep5
Premium
join:2000-08-07
Jacksonville, FL
·AT&T Southeast
·AT&T CallVantage
·VoicePulse
·Comcast Formerly ..
| reply to Subaru
Re: I still don't get it
said by Subaru :i ask the same question on why AMD brought ATi. ATI has more in common with AMD than Skype ever had with eBay.
AMD needed;
1> Fab capacity
2> R&D talent
3> Access to some patent cross-licenses to Intel
4> Positive cash flow from the GPU biz
Clearly, ATI had synergy with AMD.
eBay is already starting to write down the Skype purchase on their books and will continue to before they dump them. It will then make the eventual sale look "positive" on the books, when in reality they overpaid.
They thought that having Skype integrated into the eBay bidding scheme would add value to the bidding process. For what they paid, they could have written their own P2P Voice client.
Not the first company to overreach on hype, and it won't be the last. |
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actor90
Never a dull moment
Premium
join:2003-07-21
L.E.H.T., NJ
·Comcast
| reply to dadkins
Re: Any business model that...
said by dadkins :said by JasonD :
depends upon using someone else's bandwidth for free is a bad idea. And yes, that pretty much means ALL third party voip.
Huh? When I call a friend(with my paid for service) and he answers(on his paid for service)... where are we using someone elses bandwidth? Nothing I do on my connection is free! I pay my bill every month! Is my paid membership at _______ piping in the killer porn getting a free ride? Got iTunes? There is a business that is using bandwidth too, huh? You are 100% correct dadkins . It's the new mantra of the employees and fan boys. The ISP owns the bandwidth even when we are paying for it. I guess Comcast gives me my high speed internet for free? Last I looked I'm paying $43 dollars a month for it, and I will use skype when ever I want.
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lordie
My new year resolution is 1080P
join:2001-11-13
Sunnyvale, CA
·Comcast
·Skype
2 edits | reply to Subaru
Re: I still don't get it
said by Subaru :holy hell.. $4.5 Billion?? first time for me hearing the price on it.. Is Skype worth that much in the first place?!?!? eBay paid approximately $2.6 billion (thats with a B!!!) in up-front cash and eBay stock, plus potential performance-based consideration.
Those Skype kids made a fricken killing!!! damn!
as someone here said.. Miss CEO should be fired and sued by her stock holders..
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to L337
Re: I'm a paying customer and I'm pissed
said by L337 :I love the fact you can have unlimited calls in the US but if you're traveling to a different country and use skype on your pc, they will charge you on your credits!. WTF? Unlimited US calls means unlimted US calls! FROM the US
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to actor90
Re: Any business model that...
Damn Right!
Aint nothin getting a free ride here!
I pay for my Comcast every freakin month! $52.95.
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