Why Is Everyone Screaming And Making Such A Fuss About Skipe

Just last week I was scanning through a piece in Fortune 100 and found about this thing I had never heard of before called a skype phone.The two guys who started it sold their website to ebay and are now very wealthy because of it.You are probably wondering what I am going on about.Many know it as skype.This idea of calling someone for nothing over the internet is not a new one.

The implications are straightforward, the first being that if you can attach a video phone to skipe, you can chat and see just about anyone anywhere in the world.Saying that though it is not all plain sailing as a slow connection will be of no use to you.Video is still in its infancy so you wont always get an amazing picture.

Ebay the massive auction site is also auctioning skyp phones.Skype is going to be massive from the amount of downloads we have seen since 2004.

Due to Skypes huge success big commercial telephone companies are trying to get a foothold in the marketplace.All the telecom gurus are watching voip closely thinking that maybe it will crash and burn.Will the world wide web spell the end for voice over ip.

If previous experience is anything to go by then we can expect the big players to look at voip in minute detail.The most likely scenario is that the federal govt will want a piece of the action by regulation.At the moment skype makes its money by charging people who phone land lines from their pc using it.

The next big thing which voip are making a cheeky move towards is the idea of web conferencing. Web video conferencing was a huge idea about 10 years ago but then fell off the radar but now it is making a comeback.

Audio and video are becoming more accessible for everyone nowadays-in this day and age especially with the massive success of youtube.Many people think video and audio will be a passing fad but all the evidence points in the other direction.

But one thing is for certain, it's not just hype they're muttering about, and only time will tell if the general public will catch on when they get their free skype download.The question remains will voip take over from the phone.