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Old 1st March 2025 | 09:27
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krismiler
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Skype had a good run but its days are numbered. With smartphones and high speed internet now ubiquitous, the ability to dial a landline isn’t really needed anymore. Both parties are likely to be using handheld devices with 4/5G or fast wifi and there are a myriad of apps out there that basically do the same thing.

I used to have a Skype subscription for the wife to call her relatives in the Philippines at US$0.12 per minute to mobile, but now they’ve got broadband at home and the cost through Facebook messenger is zero.

Skype will pass into internet history alongside Napster, Netscape and a few others.
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