Serious issues with Skype.

There were a few reasons I went for a 920. Navigation, social network integration and Skype were the main ones. Seeing as MS bought Skype, I felt it would be a premium feature which would be promoted as a selling point. Initially, I was extremely disappointed to see Skype wasn't fully integrated into the OS - I just assumed that would be a unique feature to WP8 devices. I comforted myself with the fact that Skype would run in the background, and I would receive calls and messages whether the app was running or not.
It started off fine - but the experience, call quality and reliability were awful. (Call quality and image was fine using a Macbook on the same network). I would get cut off after 1 second on about 7 out of 10 times. The FFC produces extremely blocky images, and there is no way of flipping to use the rear camera.
As I said, at least it worked in the background, and calls came through at the same time as on my Macbook.
Now, for whatever reason, I no longer receive calls when Skype is in the background. I now have to operate Skype as I did on my old WP7 800 - open the app to receive a call. I realize this is a Skype app, but I want to know how other people rate the experience? Is it just me - and anyone got any idea why it's not receiving calls when in the background? Same with Skype messages.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled - no change. How many apps can run in the background before WP starts closing them down to save memory? Could that be a reason?
I have to say, MS/Skype have seriously disappointed me with this app - surely this should have been given priority resources to make the WP version stand out above Android and iOS versions? As it is, my 3 year old Desire performs way better than the flagship Nokia device when running a Microsoft (owned) app!

Appreciate the feedback, and I realise that it is a MS issue - not a fault specifically with the 920, but I'm still curious as to why Skype worked in the background until seemingly I installed other apps that need to run in the background - I thought Skype was given priority so that it could continually receive calls even when the app was not opened.
I currently have 19 apps that are under the "advanced" list in "background tasks". Would that affect Skypes ability to stay active?

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Hi there,
I am having serious connection issues on Skype and Viber and can't seem to work out why. Here is my setup:
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