Can someone explain the whole Skype thingy for me?

Question

I already know it's a VOIP service.

You can make free VOIP calls to anywhere in the world, what makes Skype different from free VOIP websites?

Answer 1

Skype is a proprietary voice-over-Internet Protocol service and software application originally created in 2003 by Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström and his Danish partner Janus Friis. It has been owned by Microsoft since 2011.



The service allows users to communicate with peers by voice, video, and instant messaging over the Internet. Phone calls may be placed to recipients on the traditional telephone networks. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free of charge, while calls to landline telephones and mobile phones are charged via a debit-based user account system. Skype has also become popular for its additional features, including file transfer, and videoconferencing. Competitors include SIP and H.323-based services, such as Linphone,[8] as well as the Google Talk service, Mumble and Hall.com.



Skype has 663 million registered users as of September 2011.[9] The network is operated by Microsoft, which has its Skype division headquarters in Luxembourg. Most of the development team and 44% of the overall employees of the division are situated in Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia.[10][11]



Unlike most other VoIP services, Skype is a hybrid peer-to-peer and client–server system. It makes use of background processing on computers running Skype software. Skype's original proposed name (Sky Peer-to-Peer) reflects this fact.



Some network administrators have banned Skype on corporate,[12] government, home, and education networks,[13] citing reasons such as inappropriate usage of resources, excessive bandwidth usage, and security concerns.[14]

Answer 2

You can call people from any country, as long as they have a skype account O_o... Unless you're talking about premium and actually using your phone number to call.

Answer 3

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