December 8, 2006

Professors and Students Ask Colleges Not to Hang Up on Skype

By STU WOO

As institutions move to ban a popular Internet phone service, campus fans fight back

If Stephen G. Sloan is at work, odds are that he will be on Skype. As an information-technology consultant at San Jose State University, Mr. Sloan uses the free Internet telephone service to make long-distance telephone calls and send instant messages to colleagues around the world. In his other job as a lecturer in the journalism school, he uses the service to bring guest speakers from remote

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