Skype Down

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Skype is currently down for a lot of users.

According to Mashable, Tweets and more.

is everyone here experiencing issues? Cause I know I am.

caleb
#off topic forum #skype
  • Yes, so I just switched over to Google Voice.
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    • I LOVE google voice.
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    • Banned
      It can happen to GV as well.

      There is no place to hide.

      I LOVE my Skype no matter what's happening.:p
  • That is not it.

    Your grade school's network administrator just blocked the Skype IP address from the school's internal network.
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    • Hehe!

      Caleb, Skype is fine for me mate but I'm in England. Might be a regional problem.
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  • Umm Bill.

    i'm sitting in my home office actually lol

    Caleb
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  • same here, its acting up weird since the update
    do we really need a fb tab in skype ?
  • Thanks for the alert. I didn't notice - but yes, my skype is down as well.
  • Holland here and down......

    regards,

    Mike
  • In Estonia it's not working also =))
  • Caleb,

    There's nothing 'official' on the Skype site, but they are having problems. I don't think they are totally down, but they are having connection issues.

    I don't have access at the moment.

    Here's an article on it:

    Skype Goes Down. Millions Without Service.: Tech News «

    Thanks,

    John
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  • Skype down as well
  • Skype is down in Alabama as well. I guess I will have to go see what my cousin is up to. You know thats how we roll in Alabama
  • Yeah, Skype down.
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  • Skype down here

    Skype goes down and Twitter goes insane
  • Guess I'm not going crazy then, I thought it was me LOL

    Okay, guess I'll be working a bit more instead of chatting on skype

    Leslie
  • Am in India and skype is down, waiting for it to fix ..

    Akshay
  • Grrrrrrrr...my skype is down as well. I have 10 satellite employees having free reign until it comes back up. I have visions of article marketers swinging from the chandeliers.
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    • That is what you get for hiring monkeys... jk
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  • Mine crashed a few hours ago and I haven't been able to connect since.

    Tony
  • Banned
    [DELETED]
  • the mobile app still works... c'mon people diversify your electronics
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    • It's working now not a few hours ago. At least Skype here is back.
  • Thanks, I was wondering what the heck was going on today. It tried to login for 20 minutes before I noticed it was not doing anything.
  • My Skype was down for a bit today seems fine now.

    Jim
  • Skype down. Did someone mention monkeys? I'll thank you to ask me. I'm obviously the resident expert on all things monkey. Especially if they fly.
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  • I am aslo experiencing the same problem. I can't login. Any body know when this is going to be fixed? I missed a interview for this today
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    • It will be fixed when the gods come together and kill Murphy, with a lightning bolt from the heavens.
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  • Am I the only one who can't access Twitter now? LOL! What's next? Facebook?
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    • You are not the only one.

      When Skype crashed, everyone ran to the other side of the ship (Twitter), and now the ship is severely listing to one side.
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    • ooooh - I do hope so
    • I can't log in on skype.. Damn!!

      For how long the skype will be down?
  • Down....

    YouTube - STAR TREK-Scotty Hacks A MacPlus
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    • And, all this time, my eMail has been working just fine.
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  • LOL! THOSE COMMENTS ABOVE!

    My Skype is down as well.

    Is there anyone with any alternative list here, which can do what Skype does? (other than Google Voice)

    I use Skype to call my coach who resides in The U.S. most of the time.

    Just in case if there's anything happen to my Skype, I can go on and fire up the backup VOIP service (or whatever it's called) and call my coach's office fixed line.

    King Shiloh, any recommendation?
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    • If you were in the US, I would say Magic Jack.

      My cable provider one day tried to upsell me to Internet Phone.

      I told the lady that I have Magic Jack.

      She quickly covered both ears and started singing, "La la la la la la.... La la la la la la..."
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  • For those who haven't read this, it's from Skype:
    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.
    Skype is working fine here. It came back about 45 minutes ago, so I'm guessing the service should be filtering out to everyone in the next few hours.
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    • Mine has been working all along, just not perfectly.

      Some messages are coming in anywhere from 15 min to 1 hour after they are sent to me.


      p.s. I guess I am just more special than all of you all...
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  • Mine is down too.
  • This is really annoying, I was supposed to be interviewed this afternoon, but Skype is making things very difficult...lol.

    Paul
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    • Banned
      Postpone the interview indefinitely.
  • It's funny how less powerful my cpu seems now that skype isn't working.
  • LOL! Thanks Bill!

    MJ is awesome! I just dig that out in Youtube.

    Paul, what's the competitors' name?
  • Skype can bite me..
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    • Did anyone else notice the poetic justice...
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    • No, Skype cannot. Its dentures are in a cup by the bathroom sink just now.
  • Google Voice shows to love to a Malaysian Chinese

    I thought Google Voice = Google Talk! STupid me


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    • I'm so sorry to see that, Aiden. Google Voice is sooo convenient and makes multiple numbers so much easier to manage, among other things.

      Perhaps you could get someone to send you the Magic Jack, which does almost as much?

      magicJack


      Paul
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    • Banned
      Aiden,

      Our loss.

      How dare Google do this to us?
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  • Yeah, My Skype is also down.

    Having withdrawal symptoms...

    I thought it was just me, glad i found that i am at least not alone. LOL
  • WHEW!! Looks like Skype is back (for me), and twitter is "normal"...

    The Web 2.0 ship has averted the iceberg.



    This time.....
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    • Stop trying to kill our fun...
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    • It's been bouncing back and forth for me, and I'd rather not attempt to conduct anything significant on there for the rest of today!
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  • Hm still down ..
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  • I had problems with Skype this morning and am still experiencing issues. I like Skype, but thanks to this thread, I have now signed up for Google voice...
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    • Banned
      There is an unfounded rumor that Google voice is the next target.

      Please look for more alternatives.
    • I'm glad we helped in some way, and didn't just derail this thread for our own selfish intentions.

      One thing really nice about Google Voice is that if Gmail is your primary email, you can make and receive calls right from within your web browser in the Gmail tab/window.
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  • Yeh, skype has been down for me too.

    I went to their site and they are telling people their server crashed but they are working on it.
  • Been down for me all day.

    Willie
  • Dan you did it.

    Someone tried to get into Gmail, and now it has problems too:
    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ems-gmail.html
  • 5 hours and this thread is 4 pages long.

    Dang
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    • And a little longer now as I don't have Skype either, but it seems to be sporadic also. Was able make a call but after connection the grey disconnected circular icon was spinning but I was still talking. Did not get cut off on that call but did earlier in the day.
  • Man it really makes me realize how much I depend on things like Skype for business when it goes down. I seriously should look at google voice as backup plan.
  • And I thought something was wrong with my account...but it's weird, since one account works and the other doesn't.
  • Yepp my Skype has been down all day!
  • It still isn't up, arrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhh

    Right now, I want to curse out all the "big guns" but it's hard to get in touch with them. Here's a plan though that has the potential to work:

    Ok here's an idea, we all call up Skype and curse out everyone at the support desk. These guys will finally get sick of this abuse and will either 1. quit their jobs or 2. Riot. If they quit their job, skype will be forced to take some action to make this stop and if they Riot, well same thing.

    What do you think

    EDIT: I have no life
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    • We should also harass them on their Twitter account, and let them know about our extreme displeasure at the way they're handling things today.
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  • Only one quarter million people online... It must be because it is almost Christmas...
  • My skype's down too...thought maybe my satellite provider was limiting bandwidth-sucking apps because of the new net neutrality rulings, but I guess not.
  • I only just saw this and looked at my Skype dashboard. Lo and behold it's down. Good job I didn't have to make any calls today :rolleyes:
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    • I have Skype...Don't use it much....But I have it.

      So it's been down?

      Oh...that's nice.

      (going back to work)
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    • My, my, this ol' eMail of mine,
      Still'a runnin', still'a goin'
      Now I'll send you a line.
  • I'm back online!

    ... but no one else seems to be.
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    • It was up and down for me, until I followed Skype's suggestions on how to fix it. Since then, I've not been able to get on at all.
  • I heard it was WikiLeaks that brought it down
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    • I give up. Someone please skype me when Skype is working again. Thanks.
    • I've just seen some chatter about that as well.
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  • Yes, that's true. I cannot log in to Skype also. Maybe there is only some upgrading or maintenance.
  • I know a number of folks that are really stuck without Skype up and running. I'm wonering if it is a widespread event as AOL was having some severe issues yesterday fo rme for about 60 minutes and I saw that some people have not had AOL access for about 72 hours.

    Tim
  • Skype outage across a vast world is facing today. Skype appears to have gone down. We explore why and trying to get comment from the company.
  • Skype is working again....at least for now.
  • It's up again for us. We all just survived the Great Skype Crash of 2010. It was sure nip and tuck for a while there wasn't it?
  • Very similar to case from Wikileaks and paypal.
  • is Skype still down?
  • Yea! It's up for me now! I can make calls, but it's weird because I can't get my messages send out on time, and the Skype icons on the system bar seems to be keep on trying to connect (while I was connected and talking with my friend already)

    There must be something wrong with Skype, still.

    Aiden
  • Yeah, I experienced it the entire day, I first thought that my new version of skype was the one that's causing the problem. Quite an unproductive day, boohoo.
  • yes!!! and I use skype as my phone as well...glad it was not just a problem with my connection. Thanks for posting!
  • I had some problem logging on before but now it's fine.. anyone still have problem with skype?
  • quit the program, wait 2 mins then restart
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    • i even uninstalled it and install it again. But its seems skype problems is getting worse everyday. at first it was just about the call issues then on the second day i cannot call anymore. And now I cannot even login.
  • I'm happy to announce that skype is working again here in the Middle East
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  • no skype here
  • year i am not worried cuz i do have better option
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