RSSSkype Surpasses 100 Million Users
By the Betanews Staff | Published April 28, 2006, 2:23 PM
Skype said Friday that it had hit 100 million registered users worldwide in its first two and a half years, which it claims is the fastest growth of any Internet program ever. According to the company, the 100 millionth name came at 1:12PM GMT Thursday. This compares with some 54 million in September 2005, when Skype was acquired by auction site eBay for $2.6 billion.
With 100 million users, Skype said a phonebook containing all the names would be some 57,000 pages long. However, the number of people using Skype on a regular basis may be far less than that 100 million number. A check by BetaNews Friday afternoon indicated 5.5 million individuals were logged into the Skype network.
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Looking at that URL, I first thought that Skype is worth 26 BILLION!!
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It is the best in its class. It works very fast and require very little bandwidth. It is the best one to be in touch with the long distance people. Yet it require some updates...
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needs updated versions for linux and mac
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Just as well we don't get all 100 million logging in at once. There wouldn't be enough bandwidth left on the net for all the spam! ;-)
The most I've ever seen online is about 6 million, and that seems to be exceptional. I guess people are going on and offline all the time.
It's been a life-saver for me - it would have cost me a fortune to keep in touch with my long-distance buddies otherwise.
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I stopped using it when I realized that I usually have 4+ other computers from other people connected to my computer whenever Skype is running.
This can be seen simply by doing a "netstat" at a command prompt before opening Skpe and then also doing it after Skype has been opened for about 5 minutes.
You have no control over weather your computer becomes a supernode or not.
Skype is very cool but I don't like the unability to not be a supernode.
I realize it's peer to peer but people that I'm not talking to should not be using me as a gateway to others.
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"I realize it's peer to peer but people that I'm not talking to should not be using me as a gateway to others."
No, I'm sorry. You don't get something for nothing. That's the "cost" you pay for having free Internet telephony and the ability for you to talk to anyone behind a NAT/firewall even if you are.
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I just started using Skype. Rarely do you find a simply perfect software these days. I love it!
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I've been using it for some time now, and yes, it's awesome and it is well put together.
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