http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/sep/03/next-voice-traffic/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway090309l.mp3 What's Next for Voice Traffic: Phones or Internet? http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/sep/03/next-voice-traffic/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/wireless-2009-july-30-flickr-darwin-bell.jpg true 8197 segment Once upon a time, internet-based phone service was "the future"; now tech watchers are wondering about its future survival. Online auction site Ebay announced this week that it's selling internet voice-and-video conferencing tool Skype for almost $2 billion. Were the two companies simply strange bed http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/wireless-2009-july-30-flickr-darwin-bell_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/wireless-2009-july-30-flickr-darwin-bell_26_square.jpg