Skype

Many entrepreneurs had a dream to create low cost communication for people all over the world.

Skype is a free software program that improves the daily life of people all over the world by enabling friends, families and colleagues to communicate more cost-effectively and with superior sound quality. Skype uses the latest P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect users of the program, enabling them to talk and chat online, transfer files and establish conference calls.

When used for non-commercial purposes, Skype is free to download and use. The rapid spread of broadband connections and Skype have resulted in free and unlimited global communication. As a result, the human desire to obtain global communication is no longer limited to expensive phone companies charging outrageous rates for long distance calls.

The purpose of Skype is to democratize global communication. Similar to the ideas behind the file sharing service KazaA, Skype seeks to give everybody a chance to communicate efficiently and free of charge. These ideas should be understood in the context of the rapid growth of IP-communication. It will decrease the cost of communication in the long run. Since Skype can be downloaded for free, it gives people all over the world a chance to communicate for free, thereby making the world a more egalitarian place to live.