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Skype purchased by Ebay 2.6 Billion

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Cory J Andrews has posted a link to a news story about Ebay buying Skype. Good news for VoIP providers:

Good news for service providers in my opinion, Ebay will likely start alienating Skype users like they did with Paypal users. "SkypeSucks.com" domain already taken, shucks....

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3837895

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Cory J Andrews
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