Originally Posted by
RobertS975
So to call another Skype user, they need to have the SkypeIn phone number, right? Now if I have Skype on my laptop and Skype on the desktop back at home, how do we call back and forth? Do we need two SkypeIn numbers?
Okay, some clarificactions:
1. Skype is a peer-to-peer network implementation that uses a central "directory" to identify Skype nodes. Each node does
not forward traffic from other nodes, and will only exchange traffic with the node that you have called.
2. SkypeIn phone numbers are necessary only if you want a non-Skype user to be able to call you with a standard phone. If you are making only computer-to-computer calls, you don't need a SkypeIn number.