Skype sets new record: 27 million concurrent users

[Emil]

Skype set a new record yesterday: 27 million simultaneous active users. The news was announced via Twitter: "New record: 27 million people online on Skype right now!"

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[princeton]

Maybe skype will free up the US phone lines and they can start giving you guys the speeds you pay for.

 

[KG363]

Princeton said:
Maybe skype will free up the US phone lines and they can start giving you guys the speeds you pay for.

I don't see how it would. Skype takes more data than voice.

 

[princeton]

kg363 said:

Princeton said:
Maybe skype will free up the US phone lines and they can start giving you guys the speeds you pay for.

I don't see how it would. Skype takes more data than voice.

Does the Skype VOIP really use that much data?