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Uproar as Operators Restrict Use of New Skype Application on 3G Networks

Financial Times

Operators’ refusal to allow the use of Skype over 3G networks has sparked uproar across the globe.

The voice over internet service was added a week ago to the iPhone in the form of an application, allowing users to make free calls to other Skype users.

In the UK, O2 has restricted the use of the Skype application to calls made through the Wi-Fi connections.

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Posted: 2009-04-06 13:02:41
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I get free Skype everytime i top-up on 3UK
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Posted: 2009-04-06 13:19:20
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Stuff like this really winds me up. Why on earth should mobile networks be forced to carry VOIP which steals away their own business and can potentially tie up their network to boot? I can't stand this something-for-nothing attitude people have, do people honestly not think that their "free" calls are costing anyone?

All that will happen here if the likes of Skype and their users push this through is that the networks will have to hike up their data and/or voice prices to offset any losses (perceived or real), leaving all of us to pay more for a minority's "free" calls. And what happens when Skype carries on gaining traction like this and ultimately becomes dominant - more "free" calls for everybody? Not likely.
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Posted: 2009-04-06 13:20:59
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Boinng... freeloaders... nail... head.

Agree totally mate, nice post!
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Posted: 2009-04-06 13:40:40
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Call me strange, but i'm all in favour of getting something for nothing, and if someone else is paying, even better
No, you don't wanna go to the pub with me guys
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Posted: 2009-04-06 13:56:31
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What makes me think you don't get asked to the pub that often, MWEB?

The stupidity is that nobody ever gets something for nothing. You'll end up paying for it too, just like the rest of us, you're just daft enough to believe that it really is a free lunch in the meantime.
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Posted: 2009-04-06 15:05:08
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Taking buisness away frm the networks? Absolute crap. Just think what percentage of users will be using skype rather than normal calls. I would guess at 0.0001 percent

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Posted: 2009-04-06 15:18:29
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You would guess at that, would you? Oh well that's ok, somebody call the networks, Greggy guesses it's only 0.0001 % of their business they'll be giving away. Definitely not 0.001%, which would cost them ten times as much, and obviously not a catastrophic 0.01% that's a hundred times worse, right?

And best of all Greggy, presumably you can guarantee that figure well into the future, right? I mean, I'm sure nobody else is going to be attracted to Skype once they know that a simple free app for their phone will let them call anyone for free (or at reduced rates) from their own mobile wherever they are, are they?

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Posted: 2009-04-06 15:44:30
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No they wouldnt because people couldnt be arsed to use it. As i said it would be an insignificant percentage that would use it. Both parties would need to have it installed. Ok ik take a guess i would say no more than 1 in a thousand has skype in the uk so thats 1000x 1000 so currently 1 call every million is a skype call if its 10times more popular in 2 or 3 years thats stil 1 in 10,000

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Posted: 2009-04-06 17:34:42
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It's a nonsense argument. You're pulling figures out of the air to prove that next to nobody would use the service - but if that's the case, why should the networks pay even a penny to provide it? What possible case is there?

Either this is something that a significant number of people want, or it isn't. If it isn't, then there's absolutely no reason for the networks to allow it at all. If it is, well then somebody has to pay for it. It's not going to Skype, so it has to be the mobile networks, which in turn means us, the customers.
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Posted: 2009-04-06 17:53:31
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