Just last week I was browsing through a piece in Fortune 100 and found out about this thing I had never heard of before called skype. The two guys who started up skype are now rich beyond their craziest expectations. In due course they sold their brainwave ebay. If you havent heard of skype then you are probably wondering what I am going on about. A lot of people call it voip which is an acronym for voice over internet protocol. The idea is not new, you basically cam make phone calls over the internet for free.
So all you have to do is rig up a phone to your pc and you can see and talk to anyone anywhere in the world using skipe. It is essential you get a rapid broadband connection as quickly as you can. Fantastic voice quality is not guaranteed however if your connection is slow. Trying to use skype if you are on a dial up modem is next to impossible as the voice on the other end of the line continually breaks up and it can be very frustrating.
Interstingly enough due to skypes huge success big commercial telephone companies are trying to get a foothold in the marketplace. I guess the question remains, is it commercially viable. Will it take on the net by storm,...