An effort by San Jose State to ban the Skype phone service has been
put on hold in the face of fierce objections from students and staff
members.Administrators said they would meet with eBay, the owner of Skype on
Tuesday in order to give the San Jose-based company an opportunity to
address the university’s concerns about network security.San Jose State is the third California university to impose restrictions on Skype.
In January, UC Santa Barbara announced it was prohibiting Skype
because the license agreement it presented to users gave third parties
access to the university’s network. UC Santa Barbara said it would
allow other computer-calling services.Cal State Dominguez Hills has long discouraged use of all computer-calling services, including Skype, a spokesman said.
Skype has also been banned by some universities in the United Kingdom.
Jennifer Caukin, a spokeswoman for eBay, said Skype was looking
forward to having “a direct dialogue with SJSU officials to discuss
their concerns and educate them about how Skype works.” Caukin declined
to discuss other bans.
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