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chrischen on Oct 6, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: AT&T to allow 3G Skype calls

Too bad skype text chat is unreliable.

jhancock on Oct 6, 2009 [–]

less reliable than international SMS?

mmelin on Oct 6, 2009 | [–]

Yes, definitely. The failure rate of Skype text chats, especially group chats with many participants, is astonishing.

International SMS is quite reliable, depending on destination country and routing.

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