Blog: The Real Reason Skype's App For Verizon Phones Won't Work On WiFi

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Blog:  The Real Reason Skype's App For Verizon Phones Won't Work On WiFi
from TechDirt, 16 Apr 2010

Back in March, Derek Kerton noted in a post here on Techdirt some peculiarities popping up around Skype's plans for mobile devices. In particular, he pointed out how Skype announced a version of its client for several smartphones on the Verizon network, but the app looked crippled because it couldn't function over WiFi and routed Skype calls over a standard voice connection. When the app became available, I downloaded it for my Android device on Verizon, and I too, noticed that it forced me to shut off the WiFi connection on my device. This didn't make much sense to me: I'm already paying for a flat-rate data plan, so it's not as if this would force me to spend more money. In addition, given the way that mobile operators have been saying their networks are overwhelmed

 by data traffic, why would they force me to use the mobile network when I could offload the Skype traffic to a WiFi connection? Then, when I placed a Skype call ...
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Posted by Ted Mc at 21 Apr 2010, 8:02 PM
Categories: Smartphones, Mobile Carriers, VOIP, Internet, News
Tags: Skype Internet Mobile Phones Verizon News smartphones Blackberry security
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