Nickname: Martin

Review: Why would anyone use Skype for music? It's a closed community that charges for calls outside it. There's no compelling reason to use it when all the user gets for free is voice calls to another user, who has to be online and at their PC. The Skype proposition is fast getting undermined by other Internet players adding voice to their already rich services. With the telcos getting the upper hand in the recent net neutrality ruling, we are seeing the beginning of the end of this hype.

Date reviewed: Apr 28, 2006 9:38 AM

Nickname: Dan

Review: There's a fast-approaching ceiling to Skype's potential. It is already facing tough challenges in Europe. Voice is a commodity after all. I get free unlimited international calls on my existing home phone from my ISP as part of broadband access and TV. Why would I even consider buying a headset tied to a computer to make free calls limited to only Skype users? Simplicity it is not. Skype has to decide and prove their slogan: is voice free or not? It's not of course, that's where their revenue comes from. In contrast, my ISP is very clear on that: voice is free, they make money from value-added services. Now that's disruptive!

Date reviewed: Apr 26, 2006 7:26 PM

Nickname: Mrrm

Review: Parallel to this drive into online ringtones, Skype is also offering small business applications. It makes sense to have about all your inside & outside calls for free. But Skype, more than a regular Voip operator, is also a P-2-P platform, where you can share files like music, movies and software. It's synchronous and assynchronous simultaneously. Reach out into a lot of people(strong in Asia)with a rich content, again simultaneously. 100 million loyal users and 200 million in revenues and growing seems to me quite an achievement for what...3 years? Where will Skype be in another 3 years with their inroads into Asia? Skype has got a lot of nice questions about it.

Date reviewed: Apr 26, 2006 3:20 PM