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Skype Founder Interviewed On Engadget

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-voice-should-be-cheap dept.

prostoalex writes "Niklas Zennström, the ever-elusive CEO of Skype, is interviewed by Engadget. Turns out Skype currently has more than 13 mln users in 200+ countries. The interview also discusses the future of Skype and VOIP applications in general."

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  1. Skype = today's Ham Radio for everybody :-) by ivi · · Score: 5, Informative
    I got into Ham Radio as a kid...

    Besides access to a lot of cool technologies, it offerred one of the only places around where you could go & call out (albeit cryptically):

    "Hey, anybody out there wanna talk to me right now?"

    Of course, there were many more males prepared to jump the entry hurdles into Ham Radio, then as now.

    But, today, we have Skype... Since September 2004, I've had the pleasure of meeting:

    - a plastic surgeon (from India) in Israel

    - a Palestinian woman in Jordan

    - a Swedish-speaking student in the Far North of Sweden, with whom to practice my Swedish

    I've also used a Kenwood TS-2000 HF / VHF / UHF transceiver remotely (it's a bit like the now dated JavaRadio, but with Transmit Capabilities for licensed Hams). ... all via Skype!

    ALL I NEED TO KNOW IS:

    What do I need to provide so as to be able to use Skype exclusively on an Intranet?

    Has anybody done this -without- an Internet connection? ;-/