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Re: Microsoft Skype Sucks

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____/ Goblin on Saturday 16 Jul 2011 16:30 : \____

> On 16/07/11 16:23, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Not only does Skype fall offline ever since Microsoft bought the company.
>> The connectivity too has degraded and calls have their audio distorted, which
>> has me running back to SIP. Skype is like WP7... it's a poor man's
>> VOIP/Android. Microsoft only makes things worse when it touches them, as
>> expected.
>>
>> Microsoft could never make a good Internet phone. So it bought one that could
>> and then ruined the service. :-)
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> 
> I still think the Skype service is good.  What I find funny is that the
> resident Microsoft Advocate makes fun of the latest techbytes ep
> quality, when the reason behind that quality was nothing to do with
> Linux, it was either a problem with the Skype service or a problem at an
> ISP level.

Or both. In general, Skype punctures a hole and makes up botnets
which are /supposed/ to improve routing reliability. At no time before
did we have the same connection issues that result in degraded sound
quality (like a band gone missing). Funny that anti-Linux people
would make fun of Microsoft(r) Skype(r) not working right... :-)

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		~~ Best of wishes

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