What is Skype and Why Should You Care?
5 Comments Published by eJone 2 years, 8 months ago in Click TechWhat is Skype?
According to the Skype FAQ:
Skype is a free program that uses the latest P2P (cutting edge p2p technology) technology to bring affordable and high-quality voice communications to people all over the world.
A simpler and more exact definition would be:
Skype is an Internet telephony or Voice-over-IP (VoIP) service provider that offers free calling between computers and low-cost calling to regular telephones that aren’t connected to the Internet
How does it work?
When you use software downloaded from Skype, you can connect to other Skype users so that you can talk and chat. Similar to Yahoo/MSN Messenger.
Behind the software however, is a different matter:
