Comments on: Who Blocked Who in Skype and Fring Fight?

By: How Skype Could Make the Mobile Video Market Explode: Tech News «

How Skype Could Make the Mobile Video Market Explode: Tech News « — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:55:58 +0000

[...] only on a few Android devices. Fring tried to leverage Skype’s network for video calls but was shut down by Skype, who said Fring was not upholding its licensing agreement. The dust-up between Skype and Fring, which prompted accusations from both sides, illustrated the [...]

By: Is Skype Speeding Along its Own Demise?: Apple «

Is Skype Speeding Along its Own Demise?: Apple « — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:01:20 +0000

[...] clients using its services. First, Fring for iPhone lost Skype support (though there was debate regarding who was in the wrong), and today, another popular multi-service IM and calling client, Nimbuzz, had its Skype [...]

By: Why Apple’s FaceTime Is a Huge Opportunity

Why Apple’s FaceTime Is a Huge Opportunity — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:47:07 +0000

[...] This isn’t to say that video chats are going to completely supplant voice conversations. There are definitely times I don’t want to be seen by the person on the other line, but there are also times I wish I could easily video chat with a friend anywhere I am. I want to show them a cool new couch I bought or an awesome street performance. I want to be able to see their reaction live, and I want them to be able to see me. This, also, isn’t to say that FaceTime will be the end-all-be-all version of video chat, but it seems to be taking the lead compared to its competitors, notably Fring and Skype. [...]

By: Alfonso Rodriguez

Alfonso Rodriguez — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:54:04 +0000

Perosonally, I believe Skype is not as "open" as they say. It looks like there are more interested in charge for everything, just like a regular service company. Fring is incredible affordable, even with it´s technology limitations compared to Skype, it´s a good service provider of chat, calls, video calls, all of them integrated in one place. As a result, and that´s what Skype is looking at, I barely use Skype anymore. SIP providers such as the Betamax family of programs (poivy, justvoip, etc), offer better rates than skype and are also integrated with Fring. Skype definitively, does not want to risk market.

By: Canuck

Canuck — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:41:14 +0000

It's time to start nudging Skype aside and move to open SIP-type solutions: whether or not Skype is at fault in this case, it's not safe to let one company own our VoIP networks, the way we've let Facebook own our social networks.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:30:17 +0000

i wonder if the in between truth is something along the lines of:

come on back and peer with us but now you need to use one of our official(and that we charge for) options like skype for asterisk and not restart your unauthorized(but free) work around hack.

By: Skype and Third Party Access: Getting Back to Basics | Voice on the Web

Skype and Third Party Access: Getting Back to Basics | Voice on the Web — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:43:12 +0000

[...] Who Blocked Who in Skype and Fring Fight? (gigaom.com) [...]

By: Tyler Durden

Tyler Durden — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:49:41 +0000

Fring is a fly-by night operation. They had discontinued Skype support without notifying the users. They claimed at that time it was due to capacity issues. It just so happened to coincide with their iPhone launch. No doubt they couldn't support both Skype and iPhone demand at the same time. I agree with Skype that this put Skype in a bad light. The recent behavior by Fring makes Fring look even more amateurish. I'll be uninstalling Fring and have to wait for Skype to build an open Android client.

By: Himanshu

Himanshu — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:32:23 +0000

skype is taking advantage of its strong hold on the online communication system.