Dennis Ferguson wrote:

> No mobile phones. Skype's prices to call mobile phones are still
> generally unattractive.

They're quite a bit more expensive per minute than companies like
OneSuite and TalkLoop to call mobile phones, though for occasional use
it'd be alright.

Skype is great for free Skype to Skype calls. However unless you're
calling a lot of foreign landlines, few people make enough peak time
calls to make it worthwhile, $10 buys you about 500 minutes to most
major countries, and you don't have to pay that every month! Skype has
the same problem as Vonage, there just aren't enough people that can
benefit from their product, and while "unlimited" sounds as great as an
all-you-can-eat buffet, there's a limit to how much you can eat.

Skype is doing very poorly. eBay is trying to unload it, but who would
buy it? They've lowered the valuation from the $3.1 billion they paid
for it, down to $1.4 billion.