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Carriers don't have veto power over Skype.

If they did, nobody would be using it.

Instead it is a worldwide success.

The US model of carrier subsidies for mobile phones is not only limited in its geographic scope, it is exceedingly vulnerable to disruption for the same reasons that cable and traditional phone companies carry internet traffic for a flat fee.



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