Skype Outage, May Be Down Until Friday - GoFuckYourself.com

DVTimes · 08-16-2007, 03:26 PM

http://www.xbiz.com/news/83137

LUXEMBOURG ? Early Thursday, Internet communication system Skype blamed an ?unspecified software? problem for a service outage that may last into Friday. The service went down sometime late Wednesday or early Thursday.
A message posted on the company?s website said:

?Some of you may be having problems logging into Skype. Our engineering team has determined that it's a software issue. We expect this to be resolved within 12 to 24 hours. Meanwhile, you can simply leave your Skype client running and as soon as the issue is resolved, you will be logged in. We apologize for the inconvenience.?

The website also states that downloads of Skype have been temporarily disabled.

Bloggers are speculating that there is a user authentication issue to blame for service being down, while others are blogging that a large number of Windows Vista and XP service patches that went out yesterday may have disrupted Skype's peer-to-peer network.

Users can download Skype software to access the company?s voice-over-IP network and is especially popular with users for calling internationally. Skype uses the PCs of its users as peering points to route the incoming and outgoing calls of other users in the area.

The company currently has 220 million accounts, with between 5 to 6 million users logged in at any one time.

Previous to the current outage, Skype reported brief interruptions in service once in 2004 and one time in 2005.

dissipate · 08-16-2007, 03:29 PM

ruh roh rorge.

_Rush_ · 08-16-2007, 03:31 PM

I was logged in a while ago and back to my regular ass kickery, but now I'm out again

Big_D · 08-16-2007, 03:35 PM

i miss my skype )O:

Star 69 · 08-16-2007, 03:42 PM

My skype is still down. That sucks

Michaelious · 08-16-2007, 03:44 PM

Thats going to be a pain the arse for people.

Trax · 08-16-2007, 03:47 PM

one can blame ICQ all they want.
I can not recall having experienced anything as bad with them
and i have been using icq for what... 7-8 years now....

DVTimes · 08-17-2007, 01:32 AM

still not working

Broda · 08-17-2007, 03:37 AM

Works for me now.

_Rush_ · 08-17-2007, 03:50 AM

I'm still down

ServerGenius · 08-17-2007, 05:18 AM

DDoS attack there's already proof of concept code on the net

Jesper · 08-17-2007, 06:57 AM

Still down..

TeenSluts · 08-17-2007, 07:31 AM

so it isnt just my skype..

Iron Fist · 08-17-2007, 07:58 AM

Interesting

Zeta · 08-17-2007, 09:43 AM

Still Down here... :@

08-16-2007, 03:26 PM	#1
DVTimes xxx Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: UK Posts: 31,547	Skype Outage, May Be Down Until Friday http://www.xbiz.com/news/83137 LUXEMBOURG ? Early Thursday, Internet communication system Skype blamed an ?unspecified software? problem for a service outage that may last into Friday. The service went down sometime late Wednesday or early Thursday. A message posted on the company?s website said: ?Some of you may be having problems logging into Skype. Our engineering team has determined that it's a software issue. We expect this to be resolved within 12 to 24 hours. Meanwhile, you can simply leave your Skype client running and as soon as the issue is resolved, you will be logged in. We apologize for the inconvenience.? The website also states that downloads of Skype have been temporarily disabled. Bloggers are speculating that there is a user authentication issue to blame for service being down, while others are blogging that a large number of Windows Vista and XP service patches that went out yesterday may have disrupted Skype's peer-to-peer network. Users can download Skype software to access the company?s voice-over-IP network and is especially popular with users for calling internationally. Skype uses the PCs of its users as peering points to route the incoming and outgoing calls of other users in the area. The company currently has 220 million accounts, with between 5 to 6 million users logged in at any one time. Previous to the current outage, Skype reported brief interruptions in service once in 2004 and one time in 2005. __________________ The Affiliate Program

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08-16-2007, 03:47 PM	#7
Trax [----------------------] Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 14,486	one can blame ICQ all they want. I can not recall having experienced anything as bad with them and i have been using icq for what... 7-8 years now....

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08-17-2007, 03:50 AM	#10
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08-17-2007, 06:57 AM	#12
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08-17-2007, 07:31 AM	#13
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08-17-2007, 07:58 AM	#14
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08-17-2007, 09:43 AM	#15
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