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Skype is peer to peer. That this THE clever invention that put them ahead of all competing services when they launched. They can scale without any significant a
by r3m6 14y ago
Skype is peer to peer. That this THE clever invention that put them ahead of all competing services when they launched. They can scale without any significant additional bandwidth or server costs.
- macuenca 14y agoThis is true only for Skype to Skype connections. Calls that have to reach The PSTN[1] need to be routed through telephony servers somehow, exposing the possibility to cause some stress on Skype's servers as FrojoS mentions. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_switched_telephone_network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_switched_telephone_netwo...
- sp332 14y agoMost of the data may be peer-to-peer, but the infrastructure is more centralized since Microsoft bought them. http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/05/skype-replaces-p2p-supernodes-with-linux-boxes-hosted-by-microsoft.ars http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/05/skype-replaces-...