Brian Sullivan: NetMeetingNetMeeting, Instant Messaging and VOIPSkype, Msn Messenger, Vonage killer- September 19, 2005 This caught my eye: '(www.verso.com) announced the rollout of a "carrier-grade applications filter" that can block so-called bandwidth drains such as Skype, P2P messaging, streaming media, and instant messaging. ' This could prove nasty for Ebay in its Skype purchase as well as other IM and P2P productshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0127028/categories/netmeeting/2005/09/19.html#a360 Ebay buys Skype- September 12, 2005 It seems that the rumours have been true. Ebay is buying Skype. Various reports have put the purchase price around $4.1 billion. The question is why and why so much Various reasons have been bandied about - is there some synergy Live auctions Communications between buyers and sellers Or is Ebay just spending some money to get into the VoIP game And why so much for a company with marginal technology and a tired strategy (give away your product in the hope that somehow you will find a way to.http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028/categories/netmeeting/2005/09/12.html#a351 |