Skype moves Australia to Europe

by Chris Dawson



skypeaustriaaustraliaWe all know where Australia is right? The Antipodes, that’s the other side of the world. Down under. You know, where the wallabys and kangaroos hang out with Matilda.

Well not any more, Skype has moved it conveniently close to the UK, just South of Germany and the Czech Republic. Skype illustrate how Skype To Go works saying “Sam’s based in the US, so he’s got a US Skype To Go number. His family is back in Australia“, with an image of the call hopping across the Atlantic into Europe.

Not quite Australia, Sydney is about 10,000 miles away from Vienna in Austria, Skype need to get their geography books out.

Via IT Wire

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Author: Chris Dawson
Posted at: Monday, December 22nd, 2008 at 10:03 am
Filed Under Glitches
 

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4 Responses on "Skype moves Australia to Europe"

  1. 1
    Ed (BuildaSkill) says:
    December 22, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    PMSL Chris

    Well spotted

  2. 2
    bonni says:
    December 24, 2008 at 12:19 am

    Ah, yes, the old “Australia, Austria, what’s the difference?” routine. Consider that there actually is an eBay Australia and considering that eBay is incorporated in Switzerland (which really is in Europe), you’d think maybe they could work it out, but no…

  3. 3
    ebuyerfb says:
    December 24, 2008 at 3:00 am

    I used to work for a company that accidently used the North Korea flag to represent South Korea.

  4. 4
    northumbrian says:
    December 24, 2008 at 8:40 am

    its a little like yanks think Britian and England are the same place