By Marguerite Reardon
Published: Friday 09 January 2009
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Name
Daz Hughes
Location
London
Occupation
Computer Consultant
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Skype may be popular because it's easy, but again like many easy solutions (iPods, Windows etc) it is proprietory. And with locked-in technology comes risk.
Really good VoIP technologies like SIP are being rolled out by major suppliers, phone companies and handset/softphone manufactures, even built in to mobile phone handsets and these open standards allow all sorts of choices. And if I don't like the service being offered by phone company A, I can go to company B. No such luck if you have a Skype enabled phone/PC.
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Chtis Stevens
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Daz Hughes
I am impressed by the convenience and facilities o...
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I use Skype. As I type it has 13 Million users con...
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I have been using Skype since it first became avai...
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