Does your company allow Skype in network? [closed]

Skype is P2P so it eats up bandwidth. Also nominates users with good connection to serve as hubs, forwarding connection between other users. That eats up lot more bandwidth and CPU. You have absolutely no control over it. Other problem with Skype, that being P2P it uses firewall punch-trough, which of course admins don't like.

No. It is actively removed from managed systems. It is forbidden for bandwidth & security reasons as well as the fact that voice services and other forms of IM are provided.

Skype is the voip solution for the office; when you have a small office (<10 people) it suffices.

Yes we do.

For small offices it is a great tool for communicating. It can use lots of bandwidth but if the company does lots of traveling, the cost savings from international long distance can be great.

We actually use it more for chat than voice, but since it does both we don't need another IM client on the desktop.

For business or personal purposes? We used to use it for business, but dropped it for a proper voip system.

I wouldn't allow it for personal use, just like I wouldn't allow IM.