On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 21:57 +1000, Craig Lawrence wrote: > Can anyone make sense of Skype's business model? See this... > > http://www.amperordirect.com/pc/r-skype-news/z-news-062106a.html > > I assume I'm missing something. > > Thanks > >
Near as I can tell they are doing this as a loss leader to build a brand name and market acceptance. IE build their user base so it can become profitable. They are also fighting the war against companies like sony and google that advertise this great new voip thing that doesnt let you do any pstn interconnection. Companies like those, while their product may be good or not (and that doesnt matter for this point) create the illusion that voip cant bridge to regular telephones. That is also why vonage so aggressively advertises that you can infact call and receive calls "to regular telephones". At least that is how I see it on this issue, I may be wrong, but if anything I am willing to bet that I am right, even if its not the whole motive. -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel Belfast IE +44 28 9099 6461 DE +49 801 777 555 3402 Utrecht NL +31 306 553058 US WA +1 360 207 0479 US NY +1 516 687 5200 FreeWorldDialup: 635378 http://www.trxtel.com the VoIP provider that pays you!
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