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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?
permalink · 2006-04-28 12:35:28 · Reply to this

ronpin
Imagine Reality

join:2002-12-06
Nirvana

Re: How many actually connect?

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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permalink · 2006-04-28 12:53:48 · Reply to this

brooklynman4

join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY

Re: How many actually connect?

I think they count the subcribers who left em they count as one .
permalink · 2006-04-28 13:00:38 · Reply to this

toddbs98

join:2000-07-08
North Little Rock, AR
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Re: How many actually connect?

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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Patriots always speak of dying for their country never killing for it. Bertrand Russell
permalink · 2006-04-28 13:31:15 · Reply to this

rit56

join:2000-12-01
New York, NY

Re: How many actually connect?

I was thinking the same thing.....
permalink · 2006-04-28 14:00:08 · Reply to this

Happyrat
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join:2002-07-01
Disneyland

 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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permalink · 2006-04-28 14:00:30 · Print · Reply to this
Odie97

join:2006-04-19
Oak Creek, WI

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
permalink · 2006-04-28 16:41:40 · Reply to this
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