I just tried to use two other IM/Voice/Video products here at DevCon and found that neither of them could get around the firewall, which obviously eBay has erected. Of course, Skype did.
I’m not sure at a Developer’s Conference how cool of an idea that is, but it is the eBay network so they can do whatever they want, as it’s on their bill.
Oh, at 10 megs down and 5 megs up, Skype sounds unreal, especially on my MacBook with a Bluetooth headset. Ask iotum’s Alec Saunders or KenRadio.com’s Ken Rutkowski.
I spoke to both of them from the venue…..but with those speeds and the kind of pipe here this weekend, it should.