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Does Sprint sell video chat? I don't understand the anticompetitveness angle. Voice calls are free on cell phone networks, and Skype users pay for data. How would Sprint profit from giving its users a bad Skype experience? Something doesn't add up.
Does Sprint sell video chat? I don't understand the anticompetitveness angle. Voice calls are free on cell phone networks, and Skype users pay for data. How would Sprint profit from giving its users a bad Skype experience? Something doesn't add up.
Since when?
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No, that was phased out when they merged infrastructures with Microsoft’s existing, post-merge.
Anyone know why they phased that out? Seems like a performance benefit and not many downsides I can think about warranting removal.
Skype used to have a ton of issues with certain features requiring both parties be online. For instance, since it was peer-to-peer, sharing pictures and/or file attachments would fail if you weren't online at the same time as the other person, and of course, you were subject to the their upload speed for you (and each other person in a chatroom) to download it.
I sure hope the FTC does something about this!
Another agency, the FCC, was founded on the premise that we need to ensure some communicators don't degrade the communications of others unintentionally. Spectrum needs management. It's funny we lack the same conviction when ITCs actively degrade each other...
Australia India Skype has become awful for us in the last 6 months or so. Does anyone know if this is related?
I sure hope the FTC does something about this!
Another agency, the FCC, was founded on the premise that we need to ensure some communicators don't degrade the communications of others unintentionally. Spectrum needs management. It's funny we lack the same conviction when ITCs actively degrade each other...
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Anyone know why they phased that out? Seems like a performance benefit and not many downsides I can think about warranting removal.
Definitely is about mobile, where users' devices are frequently not actively running the app at the same time. Skype used to have a ton of issues with certain features requiring both parties be online. For instance, since it was peer-to-peer, sharing pictures and/or file attachments would fail if you weren't online at the same time as the other person, and of course, you were subject to the their upload speed for you…
My Zoom meetings via CenturyLink have become progressively worse since Net Neutrality bit the dust. Anyone else feel the same?
Use Zoom a lot. Haven’t noticed anything. Have Fiber if it matters.