X_Digit
Binary Enhanced
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join:2003-06-12
Mansfield, TX
1 edit | Which is it?
"100k number is accurate?"
Alright, is it 100k or 100 million? Now, you've got me confused!
100 million... I'd have a hard time believing that!
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Neil
Stop All The Downloadin
join:2003-08-20
New York, NY | Subtract 1 from whatever the real number is, I had an old account and forgot what the password was. |
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Happyrat
Google Is Your Best Friend
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join:2002-07-01
Disneyland
1 edit | reply to X_Digit
On an average day whenever I connect to skype it indicates over 4.5 million users online at any given moment, so I think it's safe to assume 100K is a typo.
BTW, personally I give skype a thumbs up. It runs under Linux and now my computer to computer chats are free of charge with out the ils server BS and I can dial virtually any landline in the civilized world and chat away for under $0.024 CDN per minute. And sound quality is excellent. Why sign up for Voip when skype offers a truly pay as you go solution?
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rit56
join:2000-12-01
New York, NY
| numbers
it does seem high but it's believable. I was traveling this winter around Asia and every internet cafe there were 10 people with headsets on. there are tons of internet cafes everywhere. phone service in Europe has always been very expensive. I bet just about every European uses this. |
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lonnyb
lurking no longer
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join:2004-01-25
Elizabethtown, KY
clubs: | Skype
I use and like it. I betcha the telco companies aren't too happy about the competition it presents. Especially overseas. |
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Fishie
join:2003-01-14
Riverside, CA | How many actually connect?
I wonder how many people out of their 100 million actually connect regularly? |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana | I got off that train -- when I realized it depends on my broadband link to act as a router/server. No thanks.
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brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY | I think they count the subcribers who left em they count as one . |
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toddbs98
join:2000-07-08
North Little Rock, AR
clubs:
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| They probably do like the firefox folks do and count every download as a new user, not taking into account all the people who re-download the application.
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rit56
join:2000-12-01
New York, NY | I was thinking the same thing..... |
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Happyrat
Google Is Your Best Friend
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join:2002-07-01
Disneyland
| reply to Fishie
Well they base their numbers on the number of installed/registered users. Frankly once I tried Skype I could never see a reason to not use it. It saves me a small fortune in long distance every month. It has no spyware, adware or nagware and it really doesn't use up a whole lot of resources. As for the P2P aspect of Skype, it will only use your machine and connection as a supernode if you allow it to. While Skype is amazingly adept at getting around a firewall when it has to, it won't turn your machine into a supernode unless you open the ports it needs. Otherwise you can be the equivalent of a P2P leecher with Skype simply by blocking it with your firewall while it's running.
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parev
join:2005-11-29 | Better one out there voipstunt and jajah
Voipstunt is the best no one can beat them. |
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Odie97
join:2006-04-19
Oak Creek, WI
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Lovin It !
Been using it for awhile now and loving it. I do quite a bit of international calling and this expense is now ZERO ... used to all go to at&t.
Has to be freaking out the phone companies ... loving that too  |
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blacksurfer
join:2002-07-14
Sherman Oaks, CA | reply to parev
Re: Better one out there voipstunt and jajah
I used both voipstunt and skype. gotta love them! |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| said by blacksurfer  :I used both voipstunt and skype. gotta love them! does voipstunt let you do "PC to phone" phone calls for free?
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Sweet Witch
Be the flame, not the moth.
Premium,MVM
join:2003-07-15
Gallifrey
 ·Comcast
| I'm on
I just had to load it last week to chat with my mother. She's deaf and can barely type so she talks and I reply in the chat box. Not thrilled about having it on my system, but if it keeps my mother from becoming a recluse, I'll use it.
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StEaLtHBuNnY
join:2002-10-12
Bergenfield, NJ | yup
its great for prank calling to |
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zbryne
join:2005-04-11
Ardmore, PA | ugggggh
you still prank people? |
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emixnem
Dill Dough
join:2000-10-16
Reno, NV | ...
how does it work? |
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StEaLtHBuNnY
join:2002-10-12
Bergenfield, NJ | :)
yup lol |
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