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Skype software is free and Skype's marketing budget is zero. Yet Skype users number in the 100 millions, growing every day, without advertising, persuaded simply by word of mouth.
The The New York Times has called Skype the most disruptive digital communication technology to become available in the last 12 months.
Skype, which was bought by eBay in september 2005, calls itself "free Internet telephony that just works". Skype makes its money from its premium packages, which are excellent and generally cheaper than the competition.
      All pros and no cons? Skype is not a telephony replacement service and cannot be used for emergency dialing.
Users report very few problems with echos or dropouts, and the technology and bandwidth are improving all the time. As that happens, Skype will continue to sign up thousands of new users per hour.