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Will Skype make money?
I must say I'm a big fan of Skype. I like to think that I'm an early adopter of most technology but I didn't start using Skype until a couple months ago, nearly 3 years after its launch. Calls to POTS telephones in the US are about $0.021 per minute so I loaded up my account with $10. I noticed that after hours of talking I had only been charged 12 cents. Turns out they were offering free calls through the end of the year. I signed up for the $14.95 for next year.
Some have speculated that eBay purchased Skype to get people in China to use eBay. China, however, has been blocking VoIP so eBay is turning their Chinese website over to TOM online. It is difficult to imagine how eBay plans to recoup their $2.6 billion dollar investment. They have 12 cents from me so far. Any ideas?
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