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Author/Founder of @stratechery. Host of @exponentfm. @notechben for sports. @monkbent on other networks. Home on the Internet.

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    Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 18 Nov 2013

    My success rate with Skype calls is approaching something like 1 in 4. Terrible.

    3:06 AM - 18 Nov 2013
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      2. Shibel K. Mansour‏ @SHxKM 18 Nov 2013
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent iOS? 3/4G?

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 18 Nov 2013
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        @typistX iOS and Mac, on wifi

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      4. Shibel K. Mansour‏ @SHxKM 18 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent so are you suspecting issues with Skype itself or the ISP?

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      5. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 18 Nov 2013
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        @typistX skype. Ongoing issue across ISPs

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      1. Christian Seiler‏ @csmuc 18 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent that's actually a great ratio compared to the 1 in 10 I get with Facetime

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      1. David Rosenblum‏ @TweetByDavid 18 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent I can't recall my last Skype call that DIDN'T have technical difficulties.

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      1. Andrew Condon‏ @afcondon 18 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent same here - thought it was just my terrible Movistar DSL. Uses an _insane_ number of outgoing connections too per LittleSnitch.

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      1. Jay Wang‏ @wangye_jay 18 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent since skype switched away from p2p, I find it much less compelling as a choice.

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      1. Cliff Hazell‏ @ixhd 18 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent I’ve found I’m using Hangouts more and more, works really well and supports almost all devices

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      1. Yvette Romero  🌍‏ @ybromero 18 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent thought it was just a UAE thing. Thanks MS! No problems with Google Hangouts although quality is slightly lower

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      1. Bartek Pucek‏ @barticz 18 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent yep, never had this problem with FaceTime and constanly having with Skype on iPhone and Mac.

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      1. Vaughan Lovegrove‏ @vonkarama 18 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent not often that an Apple online service is more reliable than the competition, but it seems to be in this case.

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      1. Vaughan Lovegrove‏ @vonkarama 18 Nov 2013
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        @monkbent had similar problems over the last year or so. FaceTime is more reliable for me now, esp when calling low bandwidth places.

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