Comments on: Skype #1 in North American VOIP http://gigaom.com/2005/06/17/skype-1-in-north-american-voip/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:31:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: larry borsato http://gigaom.com/2005/06/17/skype-1-in-north-american-voip/#comment-104387 Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:57:42 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/17/skype-1-in-north-american-voip/#comment-104387 Skype on cell phones? Not so fast.

Steve McGeown, director of product management for Sandvine, has done some research that suggests that Skype is number one in VoIP in North America:Calls using Skype Technologies SA account for nearly half of the VOIP minutes used (46.2 percent) and…

]]> By: Aswath Rao http://gigaom.com/2005/06/17/skype-1-in-north-american-voip/#comment-104386 Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:05:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/17/skype-1-in-north-american-voip/#comment-104386 James ( http://eurotelcoblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/lies-damned-lies-and-voip-statistics.html ) questions this analysis by suggesting that other statistics counter this claim. As usual, the problem could be potential double counting. For example, it is not clear whether they made sure “relay traffic” is isolated from the count.

]]> By: t5amj http://gigaom.com/2005/06/17/skype-1-in-north-american-voip/#comment-104385 Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:15:42 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/17/skype-1-in-north-american-voip/#comment-104385 How scientific is this study? How did they count all those skype minutes and the other VoIP provider minutes to come up with that percentage?

It is hard to believe they have a reliable way to get that information…

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