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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. Comments on skype by Nomeko · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Ok, first of all, I must say:

    I love Skype. Really.

    Since I got it working I have been calling my family for affordable prises. It makes it possible for me to call my parents, my grandparents, my siblings in Norway, and allso Friends studying in other countries all over the world. And for this I love Skype..

    But!!!

    There is always a but.

    Skype has introdused a rather strict paying system, and in fact, it markt me as a possible fraud, thus making it impossible for me to pay.

    Why?

    Because I managed to use my credit card in a country from which it didn't origin. And; I did this three times, thus blocking it for ever beeing used at Skype.

    This is all well and fine, as Skype must secure themselves and their customers. BUT; They inform about this nowhere. In their questions and answers, not even in their live help. I spendt one week talking to customer support, trying to get things to work, but instead of beeing honest and tell me that, sorry, I don't think it is going to work they had me try again tomorrow.

    At the end of the week they were nice enough to tell me that all IP's from Argentina was blocked. Too late :)

    So. Allthough they provide a nice new service, they still lack in customer support.

    All grudges aside, I had a friend in norway buy credits for me, and now I am a happy ignorant skype user ;)

  2. Bloated by linolium · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Skype seems a bit bloated though; the Windows executable weighs in at just over 10 MB. For a small VoIP application, I find this pretty rediculous. How could they possibly make it take up so much space?

  3. 200+ countries ? by deniea · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Wow, that's really extra terrestial, as I thought that ther are only 192 international recognised countries !