If you read my original comment, that's precisely what I said. Supernodes are used to link NAT'ed hosts. If the supernodes were run by Skype on "the cloud" they

If you read my original comment, that's precisely what I said. Supernodes are used to link NAT'ed hosts. If the supernodes were run by Skype on "the cloud" they wouldn't really be peers anymore, but act as servers. That's what I said in my 2nd post.