Skype McDonald's-like VoIP Minutes Counter

Remember before McDonald's changed to a static "Billions and Billions Served", McDonald's billboards would change every couple years and increase in number. "10 Billion Served", "20 Billion Served", "50 Billion Served", etc. etc.

Ahhh, those were the days, driving past a McDonald's and tracking the number of people served at McDonald's... I think I enjoyed watching the number grow more than most since I enjoy math. Must be the engineer in me.

Well, have you seen Skype's home page lately? They now have a VoIP minutes counter that draws parallels to McDonald's "number of people served" counter. McDonald's "number of people served" was a brilliant marketing ploy.

here's a shot of it:
skype voip minutes

I think Skype was very smart to employ the same idea. I guess I now have a new number to track. 1.5 Billion VoIP minutes and counting... Go SKYPE, GO!

Go check out their home page here and see the counter for youself:
Skype - Free Internet telephony that just works

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Ah so blogging does have impact. Skype adopts my Millions and Millions statistics suggestion. From my earlier post.... One thing I've always wondered is why Skype doesn't embrace better statistics. Many years ago McDonalds actually counted the number o... Read More

Ah so blogging does have impact. Skype adopts my Millions and Millions statistics suggestion. From my earlier post.... One thing I've always wondered is why Skype doesn't embrace better statistics. Many years ago McDonalds actually counted the number o... Read More

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can u please let me know if you sell minutes for resale for voip or do u pay commisions for re selling minutes for voip. i am planing on oepning a call cneter in mexico,for the simple reason that a big percentage of people in that country dont have canble or interent connetions in their home.pleasse let me know if you are in this market or do u have any plans in the near futire

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