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by neonfunk 5869 days ago
The extra usability is a function of the carrier's network, not anything on Skype's end. And since many of us are already paying our carriers for data plans, why should Skype arbitrarily charge us a second time? I still don't get it.
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viraptor 5869 days ago
It's pretty straightforward and not very "nice":

> why should Skype arbitrarily charge us a second time?

1) because they can; 2) who's going to stop them (definitely not carries who gain on that agreement)

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neonfunk 5869 days ago
No one's going to stop them from doing what's within the law; that's a given. I'm saying it strikes me as unethical, and it assumes a certain infancy in the public's tech acumen... which perhaps there is! But it still seems like a poor assumption to base a business on going forward.

Now I'm just hoping someone comes out with a iChat/AIM/Jabber/GTalk-like P2P standard for voice (does this already exist?).

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viraptor 5868 days ago
Not sure about iChat and AIM, but GTalk already uses an XMPP-based protocol called Jingle. Theoretically you can use it between any 2 jabber clients which support it.
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