Comments on: Skype’s Risky Retail Strategy

By: Reppman

Reppman — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:10:03 +0000

Hallo, I don’t understand what problems with quality you are having? I use SkypeOut all the time and it works great. Skype has provided clear sound quality every time I’ve tried.

By: Navin

Navin — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:08:04 +0000

i’ve been using skypeout for quite sometime now, and i have no problems what so ever
with the sound quality (except for a slight echo sometimes, which i blame on my broadband connection which is shared)
you should know that skype ain’t for any system; you have to have high speed net with a good system to boot, otherwise you would OBVIOUSLY, Like many others, experience a slight degradation in the sound quality, and often calls that end on the PSTN network are almost “unbearable.�?

By: Om Malik on Broadband : » Skype 2.0 eats its young

Om Malik on Broadband : » Skype 2.0 eats its young — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:43:07 +0000

[...] Personalization via avatars and ring-tones… big new idea? Not really. Phil Wolff over on Skype Journal puts it nicely when he writes, “If you’ve been using Skype, the Beta version of Skype 2.0 for Windows won’t give you a new Wow! experience.” (A nice review in the Journal should help put incumbent CEOs in a bad mood first thing, and well, redouble their efforts. …. okay just kidding about that! Actually Israel is getting pretty serious about giving Skype the shank. So are other neighboring Gulf states!) [...]

By: hyku | blog - Josh Hallett

hyku | blog - Josh Hallett — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 02:48:11 +0000

Checking Out the Skype Starter Kit from RadioShack

I swung by the local RadioShack to pick up a Skype Starter Kit today. Om Malik posted about Skype’s retail partnership with RadioShack last Sunday, but today was the first day I could get down there and drop a whopping…

By: Aaytch

Aaytch — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:56:22 +0000

In a recent discussion on a Skype forum, we concluded that the number of ‘real’ Skype users is a bit lower than the Skype representative was telling you. People that are using the service on a regular basis (such as me) number about 5 million (not 60 million), and the increment per day is about 10 thousand (not 130 thousand). The bulk of the difference is users that have the software but use another type of phone for everyday calling. In my view, this will continue for all VOIP services, not just Skype, until quality problems with IP are resolved…. balanced upload and download bandwidth with low latency.

By: Computerworld Blogs

Computerworld Blogs — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:04:06 +0000

IE Exploit, Windows 1.0 anniversary (and Big Bird’s days numbered?)

In today’s IT Blogwatch, we look at the latest IE exploit and celebrate the anniversary of Windows 1.0. And are Big Bird’s days numbered?
Yawn … another day, another Microsoft IE exploit. Brian Krebs writes "I’m still wading through the…

By: Mihir

Mihir — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:07:37 +0000

Definitely this strategy has some of the risks you mentioned. But someday Skype has to take the big guns. Would be interesting though to watch how this works out for Skype.

-Mihir
http://www.desihub.com/blog/page/mihir/20051122#skype_retails_at_radioshack

By: Mihir's Journal

Mihir's Journal — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:02:54 +0000

Skype retails at Radioshack

Saw this article on SkypeJournal : Skype trial kits available at Radioshack for $5. More Skype products on Radioshack.

Skype seems to have started aggressively targeting the consumer US
market. Of the > 65 million users that Skype has, maj

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:46:15 +0000

I have been using Skype, SkypeOut, and SkypeIn since they were launched and overall I love the quality and I also love the recently released call forwarding option that Skype provides. Yes, the big telcos are going to put up a big fight but I think you are underestimating the consumer. I think people are tired of getting milked by the inefficient telcos and the longer they put up a fight, the bigger Skypes share of the market is going to be. The future is VOIP and in a VOIP world Skype will continue to thrive.

By: www.eirikso.com » Blog Archive » Illustration at Om Malik’s blog

www.eirikso.com » Blog Archive » Illustration at Om Malik’s blog — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:12:17 +0000

[...] Illustration at Om Malik’s blog I am honoured by the fact that Om Malik has used one of my illustrations in his recent post about Skype, and for the people coming over here because they want to see more of my strange little drawings, here are some links: [...]

By: David Orban

David Orban — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:35:51 +0000

Gizmo Project is going to be in retail soon as well. Take a look at http://www.michaelrobertson.com, and http://www.comparesoft.com.

By: Khabri

Khabri — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:06:53 +0000

Amazon interviewer had a VoIP phone. It sucked so badly, I didn’t hear him half of the time and blew the interview(actually I am a bit short tempered too) Anyway, not worth the money you save to lose your gal-friends along the coast ;)

By: macewan

macewan — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:23:27 +0000

testing gizmo (gizmoproject) I called my wifes cell phone & the quality was just fine. skype has provided clear sound quality the times I’ve tried.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 01:38:16 +0000

most officer the time it is the call quality,especially when iam calling overseas pstn calls. also sometimes i just don’t hear anything at all.

By: aswath

aswath — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 01:27:19 +0000

Elsewhere I suggest that adding supernode costs about a dime per user. But the real culprit is the media relay node. Colloquially we have been using supernode for both the functions. But the enterprises should be worried about media relay nodes as well.

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 01:15:52 +0000

Hey Om, what problems with quality are you having? I use SkypeOut all the time and it works great – much better than my cell phone. The only problem I have (and I consider it a BIG problem) is the DTMF. I can be 5 minutes into a phone call and get dropped because it won’t recognize a number I key in. Also, I was 15 minutes into a support call yesterday to fix a website problem and the call just dropped. MAD!! Other than that, the call quality is quite good.