I thought Skype tried to set up a direct end to end UDP connection if possible? Fallback is through some central servers. That's what it says when you display the "technical info". I am not a network expert though (don't know what UDP is for example!)
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Dirk Koopman <d...@tobit.co.uk> wrote: > Dirk Koopman wrote: >> >> lists wrote: >>> >>> Joel Bernstein wrote: >>> <snipped> >>>> >>>> My main objection to Skype (which I do use) is that it doesn't >>>> interoperate with users of other VoIP systems. SIP and suchlike >>>> provide an open standard which Skype ignore. >>>> >>>> /joel >>> >>> Seconded. >>> >> >> Another objection that one might have (and the Indian Government certainly >> have) is that all the traffic is routed through two sets of servers, one >> located in the US and one in the UK. >> >> It means that we can eavesdrop on them, but they can't reciprocate. >> > > I forgot to mention that, anecdotally, there are times when call quality > degrades markedly whilst one's ISP seems to otherwise working fine. This may > also be because bandwidth starvation at the two centres. > > > -- http://evolectronica.com - survival of the funkiest