Thursday, May 18, 2006

Skype Still Sucks

So Skype, the Voip folks who came to be from the ashes of Napster, look to take on the world of the telcos freeing up Long Distance charges much as Arthur C. Clarke predicted. Ebay bought into the dream and bought out Skype for $2.6 Billion (with a B). How's that investment doing? Well, let's just say that to get you hooked on Skype they're offering a year of calls in North America for free. There's only one problem. The call quality sucks big time. Actually, scratch that. The call quality on my PC end was pretty darn good. The person on the phone (I "skyped out" to a landline) got an earful of her own voice and told me never to call her again. I'm sure she meant with Skype... not never again, right?
Nope Skype still sucks. If I want cheap long distance I'll stick with my 1010969 prefix. Five cents a minute is small investment in keeping your long distance loved ones still in love with you.