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Sources

• Bennahum, David S. "Can They Hear You Now?" Slate, February 19, 2004.
  http://www.slate.com/id/2095777#
• Faultline. "VoIP Suffers Identity Crisis." The Register, June 15, 2004.
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/15/voip_and_skype/
• Fisher, Ken. "Skype's Net Neutrality Gamble." Ars Technica. May 18, 2006.
  http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060518-6860.html
• Gough, Michael. "The Top 5 Skype 'Gotchas'". Information Week, May 15, 2006.
  http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187203667&subSection=Telecom
• Nuttall, Chris. "Skype in US Free Calls Scheme." MSNBC, May 15, 2006.
  http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12802822/
• Vonage
  http://www.vonage.com
• Skype
  http://www.skype.com