Comments on: Rethinking Skype http://gigaom.com/2004/12/20/rethinking-skype/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:27:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Victor Blake http://gigaom.com/2004/12/20/rethinking-skype/#comment-99476 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/12/20/rethinking-skype/#comment-99476 I remember a posting here I which I suggested not underestimating Skype.

Couldn’t help but say something about the router line though. So Skype is a directory service. The likes of it do compete with ENUM, etc. So it could (in theory) beat out ENUM. But routers don’t tell you where to go or even how to get there. They are just plain “dumb.” They move packets rather unknowingly as to whence they come and where they go.

Some now do have a nifty new features the likes of which could be paraphrased as “no skype traffic shall passeth…” So they are dumb in the “oh-shucks” kinda way.

]]> By: Sanjeev Pai http://gigaom.com/2004/12/20/rethinking-skype/#comment-99477 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/12/20/rethinking-skype/#comment-99477 Referring to this entry to document Skypes use as an emerging technology.

Rgds,
Sanjeev Pai aka Texan Desi
http://techniti.blogspot.com

]]> By: Trends I'm Watching http://gigaom.com/2004/12/20/rethinking-skype/#comment-99478 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/12/20/rethinking-skype/#comment-99478 Extending Skype

Link: Om Malik on Broadband: Rethinking Skype. Skype has added new features like big files transfer that make a lot of sense for cross-platform communication. The company just announced a beta program for its chat software and voicemail. In other

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