I turn on ICQ perhaps once a month just to see if I've missed anything substantial... I'm almost always on Skype, though.

reading numbers like this I wonder how some people manage to have more adult business contacts on skype. Its looks like some of them are talking about general contacts as well :)

I hate ICQ, and I'm not a huge fan of Skype. I use both if I have to, but really prefer email.

For all of you using Skype, download this app:

http://shop.skype.com/apps/Chat-hist...kyHistory.html

It makes searching chat history so, so, so much easier! When you set it up you can opt to have it grab all of your existing history, too.