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7/12/10 at 4:09 PM by Jay Cuthrell 

What goes around, they say, comes around.

There is no doubt that in the consumer market, Skype has been one of the most disruptive technologies in modern telecommunications.  Essentially, by making use of existing consumer telecom broadband connections, Skype enables a high quality telephone like experience at no charge for calls between consumers that both use Skype.  Currently, this is available on a variety of platforms from mobile devices to PCs and even entertainment consoles for the living room.

Since inception, Skype has often been characterized as having one mission: the complete destruction of the traditional telecom market of charging for phone calls.  Of course, history can be a funny thing sometimes.  Here’s a few quotes to prove the point…

“The telephone is a 100-year-old technology. It’s time for a change. Charging for phone calls is something you did last century.”

“I knew it was over when I downloaded [the application]”

“We believe in communication openness”

Can you guess the names behind these quotes?  (Hint: a founder of Skype, A former chairman at the FCC, a founder of Fring)  Okay, time’s up — the answers are in the order of the hint.

While you probably have heard of Skype and the FCC, you might not be familiar with Fring.

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