[LINK] iPhones, Skype and Net Neutrality

[Richard Chirgwin]

Ivan Trundle wrote:
> On 04/04/2009, at 8:27 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:
> 
>> So you can get skype for free apparently on your iPhone, at least in
>> the US.  But there's a catch, you can only use it on a wifi LAN, not
>> on the wireless data network, 3G or whatever.
> 
> Not so. Skype for iPhone has been downloaded over 2 million times  
> since it was placed on the app store (a record?).
> 
> And there is no catch for a jailbroken iPhone: a tiny download fixes  
> it instantly.

The catch is that it only use the iPhone WiFi connection, not the cellular
connection.

Another citation:
http://www.macworld.com/article/139837/2009/04/fcc_skype.html?lsrc=rss_main

RC

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