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Judy G. Russell
December 13th, 2006, 09:59 AM
From today's online NY Times:
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12 — Skype, the Internet calling service owned by eBay, said Tuesday that as of Jan. 1 it would begin charging $30 a year for unlimited calls to landline and mobile phones within the United States and Canada. Those calls had been free since last spring.Why am I not surprised that eBay would find a way to cash in on this?

davidh
December 13th, 2006, 10:22 AM
From today's online NY Times:
Why am I not surprised that eBay would find a way to cash in on this? I think this expiration date for free calls had been more or less prominently noted on the skype site for quite a while now.

DH

earler
December 13th, 2006, 11:52 AM
They can't cover costs with that rate unless there is an awful lot of breakage. I have yet to figure out skype's business plan.

-er