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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (6985)	12/16/2004 11:31:47 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12235

USA Today misunderstands Skype and Sprint Nextel service. usatoday.com They think that Skype is bad news for Sprint Nextel. On the contrary, Skype is great because it enables Sprint Nextel subscribers to buy a cyberphone such as the XV6600 with Pocket PC, download skype.com Pocket PC version and start skyping to landlines and USA cellphones for only about US2c a minute anywhere on Earth [more or less] and to anyone on Skype for only the cost of data sent. The faster Skype gets going, the more people will want to have it available on their cyberphones and the faster they'll upgrade their devices [or just buy an extra one] to enable Skype calls. Because cyberphones with all mod-cons are more expensive than boring old cell-phones which can handle voice and text messages [or pathetic data services], there will be megabucks of high royalties paid. At least they understand that Skype is going to be very big deal. <...Wonderful buzz. The $35 billion Sprint-Nextel merger was the biggest business deal of the week. But the telecoms may soon be looking over their shoulders at a little company with big buzz. Heard of Skype? Perhaps not, but there's a good chance your first encounter with it will be as a verb. To "Skype" is to call someone over your computer. For free. Anyone with a high-speed Internet connection and a spare minute to download the Skype software (12 million already have) gets legal, unlimited talk time with other Skypers. Using the embedded microphones and speakers that come with laptops, the system turns the computer into a phone. Just talk to the screen. And while there's an occasion burp with overseas calls, the quality is roughly the same as traditional phone calls. Privately held Skype was designed by the folks who hatched Kazaa, the file-sharing phenomenon that sent the recording industry into spasms. Aside from Google and Xerox, not many companies see their names morph into verbs. In today's business world, buzz is usually one short step away from bucks, and there's always a next new thing. That ought to worry the giant telecoms celebrating their latest merger.> Mqurice PS: Skype download graph and minutes served here Message 20853996