DaBears57
join:2006-03-07
Wheaton, IL | hmmm
So what was the real reason for the outage? |
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holocron
Premium
join:2004-06-28
Minneapolis, MN
 ·Qwest.net
 ·Vonage
·AT&T DSL Service
| said by DaBears57  :So what was the real reason for the outage? That would be telling. |
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Vathral
Premium
join:2002-08-26
New York, NY
clubs: | "Shutup"
We not really going to say anything else, heres 7 days...now shut up!
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binarycode
join:2003-04-30
USA | reply to DaBears57
Re: hmmm
»www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/22···ee_week/ |
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SuperCPA
Premium
join:2002-11-28
Dayton, OH | Seven Days Free
Seven days free, on to the current subscription. Wow, I'm impressed!  |
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DesertRats
Premium
join:2003-11-23
Santa Clarita, CA | Seven days free
This link gives the reason for the outage, so says Skype.
»heartbeat.skype.com/2007/08/what···_16.html |
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LIES
@rogers.com | reply to DaBears57
Re: hmmm
It's BS. I bought the Skype Unlimited Calling (Anywhere in Canada/US for a year), but the date's still the same, they didn't give me my seven days... |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to SuperCPA
Re: Seven Days Free
Yeah - I paid $15 for a year... its too expensive 
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NJxxxJon
something good. or your mom.
Premium
join:2005-10-22
00000 | 999
I never really use my skype crap anymore and cant find a phone that will WORK GREAT with vista. |
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bmfan
Premium
join:2005-03-15
Saint Helen, MI | Paid Skype Users Get 7 Free Days
I didn't even really notice the outage, and no idea of I got the 7 days credit or not. I don't really keep track, for 15 bucks a year it's not really a big deal
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
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Re: Seven Days Free
said by SuperCPA :Seven days free, on to the current subscription. Wow, I'm impressed! I'm not. they should have given a month if anything.
Course thats more than sunrocket ever gave for an outage. course to GIVE 7 days, sunrocket would have had to be UP for 7 days
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bassrck4
join:2006-05-09
Berwick, PA | Skype
Yay!!! |
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elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO | reply to NJxxxJon
Re: 999
just get a stand alone wifi one they cost more but you dont need a PC |
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ifarrell
join:2000-08-10
Willow Spring, NC | reply to NJxxxJon
Is there anything that WORKS GREAT with Vista?  |
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redhatnation
Premium
join:2005-06-02
Woodbridge, VA
 ·Comcast
| reply to dvd536
Re: Seven Days Free
said by dvd536 :said by SuperCPA :Seven days free, on to the current subscription. Wow, I'm impressed! I'm not. they should have given a month if anything. Course thats more than sunrocket ever gave for an outage. course to GIVE 7 days, sunrocket would have had to be UP for 7 days Why do you think they should give a month of free service for a few days outage? |
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Holy Cow
@islandhospital.org | Wow
You guys would cry if you got hung with a new rope! "Waaa-I want a month.. waaaa.. I want answers!" TG I'm not running skype. You would've gotten two "replacement" days for the outtage, and not a minute more! |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
·Qwest.net
| Well here is what happened
Well here is what actually happened to Skype
From issue 2618 of New Scientist magazine, 24 August 2007, page 25
The two-day outage of one of the world's largest peer-to-peer (P2P) interned services has raised concerns about the technology's robustness.
P2P networks are touted as the future of internet distribution for video and TV, since the high bandwidth that would normally be provided by central servers is instead shared between individual network members, removing the problem of data bottlenecks.
But on 16 August, the Skype internet telephony network, which depends on P2P, crashed. MIllions of users' computers had rebooted almost simultaneously during a routine update of Windows software. This reduced the network's resources, and when that multitude of freshly rebooted computers sent their combined log-in requests to Skype, its servers buckled.
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