Hey there Fans. it’s the Angry Systems Administrator. I just got off the phone with the Angry Webmaster’s father. (The Webmaster is not known for his tech support skills…or any other skills for that matter)
Anyway, The Angry Father, who is in his mid 80’s and still works, was having a problem with Skype. While we all use Skype, And Mrs. Webmaster is known to live on it, I haven’t used it today. While we spoke, I checked the Skype Twitter feeds and found a message saying they were having a problem. I went off to Skype and they are getting slammed.
A quick Google search and yep, Skype is having a major issue. The last time they had an outage like this was back in 2007. Hopefully this won’t last as long or be as disruptive.
In any case, here’s a few links for you to check out.
~The Angry Systems Administrator~
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Skype is down | PISQA
Skype tweets. Some insight into Skype downtime today: http://bit.ly/edtjxB – thanks for your continued patience while we return things to normal 11 minutes ago via CoTweet. Our engineers and site operations team are working non-stop to …
http://www.pisqa.com/ — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:39:09 -0800
Skype Down: Skype Tweets About Being Down
If you are one of over 8 million people that use this service then I am sure that you are quite upset to have Skype down. Many people are pointing fingers and running around in circles as the service tries to get back online. …
http://www.wagerrun.com/ — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:37:50 -0800
Skype is Down, Hits Millions of Internet Users | InforMixx
Skype, that allows users to make internet calls and online messaging is down today at approximately 12:00 PM ET, December 22, 2010. Skype, which is headquartered in Luxembourg, are having some issues this morning.
http://www.informixx.com/ — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:36:57 -0800
Skype Is Down Leaving Gambling Friends To Use Their Mobile Devices
There is a growing trend around the world of gamblers who use Skype to talk to their friends while they are playing poker online. Today, dozens of these gamblers were left to use mobile devices when Skype went down.
http://www.casinogamblingweb.com/main/other-gambling-news/international-gambling-news.jsp — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:31:31 -0800
News: Skype Goes Down, Uses Twitter to Tell World – The Mac …
Fox NewsNews: Skype Goes Down, Uses Twitter to Tell WorldThe Mac ObserverFor some reason this seemed sort of ironic, or at least amusing to us: Skype is down,
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Skype Down Today | CosmEPIC
Skype is down today. And its millions of users are not happy. On Skype Twitter account, the company acknowledged an issue, tweeting: “Some of you may have.
http://www.cosmepic.com/ — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:25:36 -0800
skype down | All news in world…
Skype experiences global outagePopular voice chat and IM client Skype has been down for a large portion of Wednesday morning, leaving users unable to connect to.
http://alltoworld.blogetery.com/ — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:24:12 -0800
Skype Down Twitter Explosion – 2010, 12, 22 | Snafu Blog
Skype went down hard today. Twitter was all-a-twitter about it! See this page for a list of the tweets references (page link.
http://snafublog.com/ — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:17:01 -0800
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And what do you mean that I don’t have any skills? I run this place you useless troll! Lest you forget, ’tis the Christmas season and all through the office, only HR is stirring and they are in a firing mood!
And this from Skype:
Skype downtime today
Earlier today, we noticed that the number of people online on Skype was falling, which wasn’t typical or expected, so we began to investigate.
Skype isn’t a network like a conventional phone or IM network – instead, it relies on millions of individual connections between computers and phones to keep things up and running. Some of these computers are what we call ‘supernodes’ – they act a bit like phone directories for Skype. If you want to talk to someone, and your Skype app can’t find them immediately (for example, because they’re connecting from a different location or from a different device) your computer or phone will first try to find a supernode to figure out how to reach them.
Under normal circumstances, there are a large number of supernodes available. Unfortunately, today, many of them were taken offline by a problem affecting some versions of Skype. As Skype relies on being able to maintain contact with supernodes, it may appear offline for some of you.
What are we doing to help? Our engineers are creating new ‘mega-supernodes’ as fast as they can, which should gradually return things to normal. This may take a few hours, and we sincerely apologise for the disruption to your conversations. Some features, like group video calling, may take longer to return to normal.
Enterprise products including Skype Connect and Skype Manager continue to function normally.
Customers using the enterprise version of Skype for Windows may still experience delays signing in.
Stay tuned to @skype on Twitter for the latest updates on the situation – and many thanks for your continued patience in the meantime.
And it looks like this will be a repeat of the 2007 crash. Skype is still toes up, instead of BEING up!