Raketu Realizes over 50% Jump in Service Subscribers in Wake of Skype Outage
Consumers Cite Concerns over Skype Platform Stability and Security Issues Due to Skype’s Use of Supernodes
August 27, 2007 01:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Raketu, a leading global Internet communications, information, and entertainment company, today announced that the company is realizing over 50 percent increase in the number of consumers subscribing to their voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service due to consumer concerns over Skype’s platform stability and security issues as a result of Skype’s use of supernodes.
“Raketu has realized and continues to realize an over fifty percent jump in customer sign-ups in the wake of the Skype outage that left millions without VoIP phone service globally,” said Greg Parker, president and CEO of Raketu. “While some have been concerned about the stability of Skype’s platform, a few have cited security concerns over Skype’s use of supernodes as their reason for switching.”
According to one news source, Skype’s outage was due in part to the company’s use of supernodes and its reliance on its users' computers to act as supernodes in routing traffic for other, less well-connected, users. As Skype customers tried to reconnect, many of those supernodes were themselves in the process of rebooting. A bug in Skype’s software did not efficiently allocate the network resources available, and the remaining supernodes were soon overwhelmed resulting in the outage.
Raketu uses a unique P2P architecture that does not use supernodes. This architecture allows the highest quality VoIP calling and highest call-completion in the industry. More importantly, consumers who choose Raketu do not have the security risk and performance problems associated with other services.
Raketu runs over any Internet connection from broadband to dial-up service. Anyone with Internet access can start using Raketu immediately. The service can be accessed via Raketu’s LaunchPad downloadable desktop application currently available to Windows and Vista users, and via RakWeb, Raketu’s web-based client requiring no software downloads.
About Raketu Communications Inc.
Raketu Communications Inc. is developing leading edge peer-to-peer Internet protocol applications that provide communications, information and media services for consumers and for business. The company currently has users in over 150 countries around the world. For more information visit the company’s website at www.Raketu.com.