Facebook Chat now live in SF, LA, and Philly

facebook chat windowFacebook’s long-awaited Chat service, originally launched last Sunday to a select group of users (primarily in some of Facebook’s earliest college networks), has slowly been rolling out to additional networks and users.

Within the last 48 hours, Facebook Chat has been launched for users in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. However, most other users still don’t have access yet. While Facebook refuses to announce stats on the service until after the rollout is complete, most users have found Chat very stable so far.

As for Facebook Chat’s impact on Facebook Platform chat applications? That remains to be seen – none have shown very strong numbers so far.

Update: As of this morning, Facebook Chat is live in New York as well.

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31 Responses to “Facebook Chat now live in SF, LA, and Philly”

  1. dave says:

    i suspect only the chat room (social chat etc) and desktop clients will survive (Babuki and Social.im – though suspect social.im might struggle without the msn/ aim integration that babuki has)

  2. Yossi Kanner says:

    I just got Facebook Chat an hour ago and I’ve been able to chat with three friends. I’m in the New York, NY network.

  3. Jamie says:

    ‘Within the last 48 hours, Facebook Chat has been launched for users in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia.’
    Regional networks right?

    http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/04/facebook-launches-to-all-germany-not-us/

    Reports: Germany Network (or/and de.facebook.com) added FB Chat
    Blog writers opinion: France and Spain might be next
    Blog Comment from the above: 1 user in NYC network claims they have it (but they might be a uni/ college student as New York is rather NE)

    http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/04/get-a-sneak-peak-of-your-facebook-chat/
    US, UK and non provisioned networks has to use the firefox trick to preview it (can’t communicate with chat server tho)

    so thats means Ivy League (NE US Universities), San Francisco, LA, Phildephia, NYC? & Germany!

  4. James says:

    just change your network to try it! i just joined philly’s to try FB chat!

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  7. Liam says:

    argh I’m excited. How long do people think until the UK’ss universities get it?

  8. David Kahn says:

    yay in ny! although it really sucks that i haven’t been able to test this chat feature cause i dont have too many friends in the city and other major cities as well.nor universities

  9. Mike says:

    I thought about switching networks to test it out, but what’s the point if my friend’s don’t have it? Hopefully the complete rollout isn’t far off.

  10. James says:

    I REALLY like FB chat!!! Tho it is ugly

  11. Guido says:

    I can’t wait. But I guess I’ll have to.

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  13. Alex says:

    Live in Boston now too!

  14. Jamie says:

    Liam not anytime soon i think. maybe the same time we get profiles preview forcasted to be late may

    Boston, Germany (De), New York, NY, Phildephia, PA, Ivy League (NE US Universities) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_league#Members, San Francisco, CA & Los Angeles, CA, Rollout to BC (Canada) Universities including Kwantlen

  15. Trey Philips says:

    looks like a major launch tonight for many networks…

  16. Jamie says:

    Bristol UK enabled thank you

  17. Ikvqdpdq says:

    Thanks!,

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  19. SOFIANE says:

    salut cava bien

  20. amro says:

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  21. amro says:

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  22. محمد says:

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  23. Kotb Mohamed says:

    hi

  24. علاء دهنة says:

    ادعوكم للتعارف والمشاركة في الأراء

  25. تامل says:

    اهلا بك علاء وكيف حالك

  26. hooda says:

    أهلا علاء

  27. hassan khafaga says:

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  28. اميرة says:

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  29. اميرة says:

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  30. HAKIM says:

    HI AMIRA

  31. zizo says:

    any body there from ny?

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