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Well to answer my own facetious question...the only thing right about Skype is that it burst unto the scene first. Since then, Skype has been struggling to live up to the expectations of first-born child in the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) family.
Skype Issues
1. Frequent dropped calls. As if it weren't bad enough that one person has to turn off their video to "video chat"...on a good night don't even try having a long-distance voice call with a family member, friend or client.
2. More money for poor quality. In order to have a group video chat involving more than two persons you have to fork up the Moolah and that's still no guarantee the call won't get dropped.
3. Skype is no N'Sync so watch your Back Street boys. In other words be careful how you switch from device to device using the same account. Your previous chat history may never sync with another device; for example when you switch from work laptop to home laptop or even from laptop to mobile phone. In-the-moment messages can even get delayed as one device receives the message while the one you are actually Skyping on does not. This even sounds confusing typing it...imagine in real life? Dios Mio!
Thankfully there are other notable siblings (read alternatives) in the VoIP family. One worth mentioning is the fun younger sibling, Google Hangout, on the infamously redundant Google+ social network. Quite recently I was asked to give a presentation on Skype. I did a Prezi and half way in the presentation I felt so foolish presenting on Skype so I started talking about Google Hangout :S... the notable attributes of which will be discussed in a follow-up post. So look out for that. In the mean time...
"What has been your experience of Skype?"
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