My comment mirrors some of the above. I have no problem with a business charging for a service, so if Skype decided tomorrow to start charging a $1 a minute for skype to skype calls I have zero problem with that (I might not use them, but again no problem).
My issue is that they are charging for skype to skype calls made over 3G, but not over WiFi. Why is Skype doing this? Where is the additional cost to them if I make a call over 3G instead of WiFi? I don't see one. To me this wreaks of carrier interference. I'm sure that some if not all of that "mobile subscription" is going to the carrier.
If that is the case, that is something I don't agree with. I am truly tired of carries offering "unlimited" data packages, only because we all know they are not in fact unlimited. Carries should be selling data packages based on two things, capacity and bandwidth. What I (as a consumer) do with my the bandwidth that I purchased is my business (as long as I'm not affecting the network, or other users).
This is no different then if Comcast, who sells internet and home phone service, worked a deal with Skype so that skype to skype calls would require a special "Comcast subscription".
Data is Data. If Cell companies need to start charging more for data packages, I am again fine with that, but lets be up front and do it. I don't want to move to a model of an additional mobile subscription for Skype, and an mobile subscription for You Tube, and an mobile subscription for Netflix, etc....
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My comment mirrors some of the above. I have no problem with a business charging for a service, so if Skype decided tomorrow to start charging a $1 a minute for skype to skype calls I have zero problem with that (I might not use them, but again no problem).
My issue is that they are charging for skype to skype calls made over 3G, but not over WiFi. Why is Skype doing this? Where is the additional cost to them if I make a call over 3G instead of WiFi? I don't see one. To me this wreaks of carrier interference. I'm sure that some if not all of that "mobile subscription" is going to the carrier.
If that is the case, that is something I don't agree with. I am truly tired of carries offering "unlimited" data packages, only because we all know they are not in fact unlimited. Carries should be selling data packages based on two things, capacity and bandwidth. What I (as a consumer) do with my the bandwidth that I purchased is my business (as long as I'm not affecting the network, or other users).
This is no different then if Comcast, who sells internet and home phone service, worked a deal with Skype so that skype to skype calls would require a special "Comcast subscription".
Data is Data. If Cell companies need to start charging more for data packages, I am again fine with that, but lets be up front and do it. I don't want to move to a model of an additional mobile subscription for Skype, and an mobile subscription for You Tube, and an mobile subscription for Netflix, etc....