[asterisk-users] FW: [newtech-1] Skype 24 Hour Rolling Analytics

[Drew Gibson]

Yes Dean,

we do use Asterisk at OANDA. We've been running our office on it for 2 
years now and the call centre's 1st Asterisk anniversary was April 1!

Glad you like our site, we've just launched FXGame Mobile 
(http://fxlabs.oanda.com) for the gadget lover and FXGlobal Transfer for 
ex-pat Aussies to send their money home. :-)

Perhaps I should have added a smiley for my fellow North Americans but I 
think my analysis is valid. Perhaps the interesting points is that % of 
Skype users seems to be fairly uniform across cultures around the world  
although perhaps a little higher in Europe (a.m. usage while North 
Americans are still sleeping). I suspect that this is due to the call 
billing structure in Europe. They make the North American telcos look 
positively philanthropic.

regards,

Drew


Dean Collins wrote:
> Wow Drew, I had no idea someone from Oanda was a subscriber to the
> Asterisk list (and therefore an asterisk user company?).
>
> Just wanted to say you guys run a fantastic sight and I've been a long
> time user for at least the last 2 years.
>
>
>
>
> Now for the irony part of your email. I found it interesting with
> regards to global penetration and world population.
>
> I'd also be interested in seeing some comparisons where this goes
> against the trend.
>
> Eg would love to see a transaction per hour chart for Oanda on a global
> basis (though I don't know what your customer spread is).
>
> I've already sent this email to the creator of twitter vision to see if
> he can do something similar against tweets per hour on a rolling basis.
>
> I'd also love to see something truly global like SMS use which is pretty
> much a global application. Something like number of SMS's sent per hour
> across the various countries over a 24 hour period would be hugely
> interesting (well to me anyway).
>
>  
>
> Regards,
>
> Dean Collins
> Cognation Pty Ltd
> dean at cognation.net 
> +1-212-203-4357
> +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). 
>
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
>> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Drew Gibson
>> Sent: Thursday, 3 April 2008 9:38 AM
>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] FW: [newtech-1] Skype 24 Hour Rolling
>>     
> Analytics
>   
>> Dean Collins wrote:
>>     
>>>       
> http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/skype-24-hour-rolling-analyt
> ics.html
>   
>>> <http://bp3.blogger.com/_jmYevHrBr6M/R_Pq-
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>> vgIjvI/AAAAAAAAAf0/PgE_8gFqrY8/s1600-
>> h/World%2Bpopulation%2Bawake.png>
>>     
>>> Totally stumbled across this really interesting post
>>> http://skypejournal.com/blog/2008/04/world_online_or_asleep.html
>>>
>>>       
>> So, it seems that people make more calls on Skype when they are not
>> sleeping and that people who don't have computers don't make so many
>> Skype calls, even when they are awake.
>>
>> Fascinating!
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Drew
>>     

-- 
Drew Gibson

Systems Administrator
OANDA Corporation
www.oanda.com