The way I see it skype will be replaced by something else if it's that important. I think they are being silly. It's all about money.<br><br>As I skype user I can tell you they have been nice to us this last month. all skype users got unlimited calls world wide to test out a service for unlimited global calling for only 9.00 per month. Maybe thats their way of saying good bye.<br>
<br>In any case - skype will be a loss. I rarely use it except for some people. never use it for global calling. I like land lines. but it has been helpful from time to time and i was considering even putting it on my blog.<br>
<br>regards<br>joe<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Carlton Samuels <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carlton.samuels@uwimona.edu.jm">carlton.samuels@uwimona.edu.jm</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Michael:</span><br style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">I agree. Seems like a tall order to take private property and declare it public goods unless compensation is agreed. But that aside, but I can tell you losing Skype would have a severe impact on many communities of interest, especially several civil society ones, that I'm attached</span><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><br>
<br>Carlton Samuels </span></font><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Michael Gurstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com" target="_blank">gurstein@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Tahoma"><font size="2"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Anyone agree with me that Skype, like medical
care, is too essential a service to be left to the
market...</font></span></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font></font> </div>
<div><font face="Tahoma"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>I'm not sure what can be done about this but it seems
to me that this (or at least this class of issues) would be a suitable
discussion topic for the next Internet Governance
Forum...</span></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font></font> </div>
<div><font face="Tahoma"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>How does one declare an Internet service as essential
to the global interest and introduce some means to ensure its
survival?</span></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma"><font size="2"><span></span></font></font> </div>
<div><font face="Tahoma"><font size="2"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">MBG</font></span></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma"><font size="2"><span> </span></font></font></div>
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David Farber [mailto:<a href="mailto:dave@farber.net" target="_blank">dave@farber.net</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 31, 2009
6:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> ip<br><b>Subject:</b> [IP] Shock threat to shut
Skype<br></font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3"><b>Subject: </b></font><font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" face="Helvetica" size="3"><b>Shock threat to shut
Skype</b></font></div>
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<h5>Asher Moses</h5><cite>July 31, 2009 - 1:38PM</cite> <span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"> </font></span></div>
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<p>eBay says it may have to shut down Skype due to a licensing dispute with the
founders of the internet telephony service.</p>
<p>The surprise admission puts a cloud over the 40 million active daily users
around the world who use Skype for business or to keep in touch with friends and
far-flung relatives. </p>
<p>A recent study by market researcher TeleGeography found Skype carried about 8
per cent of all international voice traffic, making it the world’s largest
provider of cross-border voice communications.</p>
<p>The online auction powerhouse bought Skype from entrepreneurs Niklas
Zennstrom and Janus Friis for $US2.6 billion in 2005, but this did not include a
core piece of peer-to-peer communications technology that powers the
software.</p></div>
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