Skype slows down intermittently (Starting to get r...

I just re-installed Skype because my last hard drive died, but it slows down during the start up and in the middle of conversations. Are there solutions to this or what?

Seriously guys, you need to fix this. I posted about this slow preformance issue before and got nothing from the staff. I've had Skype die on me 6 times today and now I am afraid to use the stupid thing. Instead of trying to develop round about solutions, how about attacking it directly.
FIX YOU PROGRAM NOW!

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