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Leaving Skype open?

  • 19-11-2007 12:53pm
    #1
    shayser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭


    A friend of mine installed Skype for the first time yesterday. He made a couple of calls and then left the program open for about 15 mins. He then got an email from his ISP asking him to close Skype if he was not making a call, that it was using up bandwidth! I've never used the program but is it ok to leave Skype open and is the ISP justified in asking this? Thanks.

    Edit: Skype T&C he agreed to during install...
    4.1 Utilization of Your computer. You hereby acknowledge that the Skype Software may utilize the processor and bandwidth of the computer (or other applicable device) You are utilizing, for the limited purpose of facilitating the communication between Skype Software users.


Comments

  • #2
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    Skype operates on a peer-to-peer system (http://www.skype.com/products/explained.html) so similar to filesharing programs it can take up bandwith on the ISP's network.

    They are justified (check their T&C's and you'll surely find a clause to cover it). It almost sounds like an automated mail if it arrived so soon though.


  • #3
    shayser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭shayser


    Cheers, make sense alright.


  • #4
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    I'm curious who his ISP is. there far too strict in there T&C's who ever they are


  • #5
    probe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭probe


    Cabaal wrote: »
    I'm curious who his ISP is. there far too strict in there T&C's who ever they are

    Agreed. While I don't leave Skype running all the time, neither Skype - nor any other VoIP telephony solution uses much bandwidth in the background.

    This is further confirmation of how uncompetitive and screwed up the Irish IP market is. Despite the fact that the Irish government has spent more than a few million to get a number of global fibre optic networks to land in Ireland - giving the country the cheapest international wholesale bandwidth rates in Europe. Low wholesale costs don't translate into low retail prices due to the absence of cost based "loop unbundling" in both markets.

    Eircom has about 95% of the DSL market and UPC (NTL/Chorus) has similar control over the cable TV/internet market. The quality of service from both companies is appalling as a result.

    The common denominator is ComReg. Time to get rid of them completely. No re-branding allowed. Fire everyone.

    .probe


  • #6
    matrim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,518 ✭✭✭matrim


    probe wrote: »
    Agreed. While I don't leave Skype running all the time, neither Skype - nor any other VoIP telephony solution uses much bandwidth in the background.

    A normal SIP phone wouldn't use that much bandwidth on idle. But because skype is peer-to-peer it's possible for your pc to become a supernode and use alot of bandwidth. Just look up skype bandwidth usage in google.

    Although I agree that it's bad form on behalf of the ISP


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