Skype: Latency and Spyware (Score 1)

Having run skype for a while now, it seems to have fairly low latency - on the order of about .4 seconds which is far better in my use, which is far better than the 1.5 - 2 seconds of many other VoIP programs I've looked at. Second the spyware thing - thats Sharman's work. The creators of Kazaa didn't put spyware in - it was free from that crap until they sold it. Lastly, if we're ll so worried about the spyware, get a copy of kazaa lite K++ edition ( http://cache.techtv.com/binaries/2003/klitekpp.zip ) for free and skip the spyware. Sharman might hate you for it but maybe they'll reconsider sticking that marketroid crap into their software. If you take the software and make it free (as in beer) to the public, then it will be very difficult to regulate, if not impossible. The differences will inevitably show when you interface an unregulated Internet software program with a heavily regulated essential service. Marrying the two technologies to make phone calls to standard POTS phones from the Internet may prove far more difficult than one might think. The cost difference will make VoIP far more viable once high speed has more market and people don't care for their phone service quite so much. I already pay for high speed and if my calls to Australia could be free over the internet, versus $$/minute on the phone company the even a retarded bonobo chimp can see where the smart money won't be spent. OUT