macworld.com — Since Tuesday, Skype for iPhone has been downloaded more than a million times?that?s a rate of six downloads a second, according to the company. All this despite the fact the software only works via the iPhone?s Wi-Fi connection, and not AT&T?s 3G network. That restriction has angered some, who have argued that the practice is anti-competitive.
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1packerApr 4, 2009
Because you're paying big bucks to use that data network. Just because it cuts into their profit margin on another side doesn't mean that they can stop you from using something on an unlimited network. I really don't understand why so many people are so thick on here that they can't understand that using skype stops AT&T from getting any money. This really isn't that complicated, skype runs over a network, you pay AT&T to use that network, everyone still gets paid.
rdsmith1Apr 5, 2009
@supermanKDSorry, I was actually responding to thedarkwolf when I made the comment about free markets and government intervention. I was merely commenting on the fact that he seems to think that the solution to a non-free market created by government regulation was MORE regulation, and not LESS. However, to assert that efficiency simply means that the most people have the most access to the most things, is wrong. Market efficiency relies on the ability of those who desire (or demand) a service or good to be able to pay for it. Companies can't operate efficiently if they simply give away their products or services for free, or for prices below market value, just so everyone can have them.As far as my comment about monopolies, I must've accidentally put my reply for another post in with my reply to his. My bad.Now, it's true that without government intervention companies usually are allowed to do what they want. But, is that inherently a bad thing? Is allowing companies to do business the way they see fit, as long as they're not violating anyone else's right to life or private property, really a bad thing? Too many people in this thread seem to want to just do away with the concept of contracts and contract law, and even personal responsibility, when dealing with telco companies. It's almost as if people don't want to be held responsible for their own actions, and want 'good government' to come in and protect them from themselves.I think that this debate has warped way out of control, from whether or not AT&T should allow third parties to facilitate voice calls on their voice network (which I don't blame AT&T either for not wanting to do this), to whether or not the government should control what telecom companies can do with their business model, and (for some people) whether or not they should nationalize all data infrastructure. It's ridiculous.
nerysApr 5, 2009
Shoe me ONE cellphone company that provides INTERNET service on a handset. show me one. I can not find a single company. Not AT&T not Cingular Not Verizon Not Sprint no one.NOW some of them provide a DATA GATEWAY to casual internet usage with clearly defined limits.but I have yet to find ONE SINGLE ISP Internet Service Provider that works from handsets. Not a one.I will tell you why. You could NEVER profit from it in today's infrastructure.
liorgalantiApr 18, 2009
skype is about as secured as a punctured Condom. Sure it encrypts the data streams, except the encryption keys are in Skype's hands to provide to any national agency that asks for them, not necessarily informing you that it has. EXACTLY the same as all other phone companies. to be SECURED it needs to use an encryption key that the client generates and is the the only owner of...
flashtekkieApr 19, 2009
In Europe, they are certainly going to face antitrust case from European Commission.<a class="user" href="http://tekkie.flashbit.net/telecom/ec-antitrust-case-on-the-way-for-european-iphone-operators">http://tekkie.flashbit.net/telecom/ec-antitrust-ca ...</a>
jpopApr 20, 2009
Personally, I didn't think it because it's working ok for people with the iPhone 3.0 OS beta...
deltron0Apr 21, 2009
Apple sucks. End of story.