Robert X. Cringely looks at the utilization model behind Skype and estimates that no more than 900,000 people can be talking at one time. It’s not the six million or so connected users, but that’s pretty good, especially for free.
Of course, Cringely points out it’s not really free if you’re one of the [...]
I bought $10 of Skype-Out credit today. I’ve been told the sound is a little muffled, but reasonably clear. The only drawback is the weird caller ID it uses, “000-012-3456″. I’m not sure what it should use, but that’s just plain strange.
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This blog — Marketplace Monitor: Festoon links GoogleTalk & Skype users — points to an plugin, Festoon, that lets Google Talk and Sykpe users interconnect.
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My Polish CCIM skyper called yesterday to test his new webcam. Here’s a big shout-out to him! We rotated cameras. He showed his Christmas tree. I showed him a sunny but cold Chicago afternoon. I have to try this from home to see how well it works through our NATting firewall and DSL.
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Had a good conversation with a CCIM member in Poland this afternoon. When I first called, he was in the middle of a download and that definitely got in the way of the call. He called back in a few minutes. The computer-to-computer call was clearer than calling home on a [...]
Jim Asiano posted a comment to yesterday’s entry and skyped me from Buenos Aires. The conversation had a few garbled moments and wasn’t quite non-blocking, full-duplex but it was adequate.
I’m now trying to schedule a call with a CCIM member in Poland.
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I’m interested in seeing if the Institute can move some of its voice traffic, especially the international calls, to internet telephony. Over the weekend, I sent out a message to our membership asking about Skype and the response was enthusiastic. Many members are using it and many more are interested. Thus, this blog.
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