This is an interesting academic study of how the Skype network operates. Some of the findings:
- Skype usage peaks during normal working hours. Usage is significantly reduced during the evening — by 40 to 50%. 20% fewer users are online during the weekend as well.
- Calls on Skype are longer than PSTN calls. The average Skype call in the study lasted nearly 13 minutes, versus the well known “3 minute average call length” cited on the PSTN.Â
This is just a single study, but it suggests that a significant proportion of Skype calls may be business calls, and that, because of the Voice 2.0Â ”voice is free” phenomenon, people are talking for longer.Â
Â
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
{ 1 comment… read it below or add one }
13 minutes per call for Skype must be correct. We also operate a smallish SIP based free calling servica a-la freeworlddialup and for the free sip2sip calls the average is 13 minutes per call, varying from a minimum of 11 and maximum of 14 depending on time of year.
Moving over to prepaid outbound only the minutes per call drop to 7.
And for our first line replacement the minutes per call drop to 3.5.
{ 1 trackback }