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join:2002-08-26
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clubs: | Surprised... No one blamed Bush
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
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| Re: Surprised... said by Tokisha  :No one blamed Bush (yes, already ) Take notice digital infidels. I have used my significant computer prowess to bring the Skype network to it's KNEES. You will never know who I am! I have used the power of my KrakZ and my WareZ to bring your beloved chat-net to a halt. I am the GOD of all that is computer.
You will never know my true identity, none of you have the computer Fung-shoiee to track me. I am like thief in the night. I bring your beloved network to it's knees in the name of George W Bush.
Wait, am I logged in? Shit......
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What...me panic??
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| Re: Hey Now wait ........ said by Transmaster :Ok, Ok, I am coming down Mom, gee wiz don't have a cow. Ah...that son of mine.
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jgkolt
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join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH
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| skype check Well i still cannot get logged in. But truthfully i dont use it much. It is very good at getting past firewalls especially for file transfers.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
2 edits | Re: skype check Looks like its back online for me 
I only use it as a backup for my work line for telecon calls (~3000 minutes/month)
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DreamWraith
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join:2004-04-07
Mount Vernon, WA | lmao kudos for a hilarious post karl. what a wonderful way to start the day! | |
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greendragon
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join:2003-09-20
Stewartville, MN | Still a good deal
The only phone I have is a cell phone, but I have been shopping for a VOIP provider. Skype is still the #1 pick so far.
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jgkolt
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join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH
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| sunrocket [just kidding]Well the conspiracyists could say not that sunrocket is down and skype's network is down we can conclude that skypes mysterious closed source code and network was actually run on SR network. Too bad.[/just kidding]
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sansri88
Go digtal you analog laggards
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join:2005-12-17
Iselin, NJ
clubs: | Microsoft?!?? Why Microsoft? When it's not made by them, and the app is cross platform?!? | |
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cdru
Go Colts
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Re: Microsoft?!?? said by sansri88 :Why Microsoft? When it's not made by them, and the app is cross platform?!? You must be new here. Microsoft is to blame for everything, regardless of the fact that they don't have anything to do with the problem. | |
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sansri88
Go digtal you analog laggards
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join:2005-12-17
Iselin, NJ
clubs: | Re: Microsoft?!?? Nawww I'm not new here, but I was *trying* to defend Microsoft in a case where it's definitely not their fault.
Oh and btw, I use Tiger as my primary OS at home (in a dual boot with XP) so I'm not an MS fanboy by any means. | |
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join:2005-03-28
Monroe, MI
| I think it's obvious why Microsoft!
Most people don't know this, but all of Skype's voip traffic passes through a single 266 Mhz Celeron running Windows ME in a leased janitor's closet located somewhere within the Microsoft Campus in Redmond.
So obviously Microsoft is at fault in this case!  | |
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MysticGogeta
The Robot Devil
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join:2005-03-14
League City, TX
clubs: | Re: Microsoft?!?? Hey its their fault my back hurts and why gas is so high. | |
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pabster
join:2001-12-09
Waterloo, IA | The sky is falling... Skype is as reliable as they come. This was the first outage I can recall in the past 3 years. What track record do the other VOIP providers have?
There isn't a better value out there than Skype. Period. | |
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cdru
Go Colts
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: The sky is falling... said by pabster :What track record do the other VOIP providers have? If it's a complete outage I can't remember a time when my VoIP provider had a complete system failure. There have been instances where a server has gone down an users within a region may not have had service, but not a complete outage. I can't really tell from the write up if all customers were affected at some point or another, or if just a subset where. | |
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bear73
Metnav... Fly The Unfriendly Skies
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join:2001-06-09
Grand Forks Afb, ND | Even what track records do Baby Bells and other hard line providers have even?! | |
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Techie714
join:2005-08-02
Anaheim, CA
 ·ViaTalk
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I know this is off topic sort of....but it's been bugging me. | |
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LiamJunket
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join:2002-03-03
Ocean City, NJ
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| Re: Packet Shaping said by Techie714 :Just wait till ALL the ISP's start packet shaping your VOIP packets. Then there will be a huge outcry by many folks. Then many people will cry out that there leaving there ISP's & that there ISP's can "go to hell"....Then they will realize they live in America and they have no other choice of ISP's....... I know this is off topic sort of....but it's been bugging me. And what ISPs are packet shaping VOIP? Please show links proving your claim.
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dogo88
join:2001-09-24
Old Bridge, NJ | you get what you pay for Cheap is good, but free is better. Neither one is good if it doesn't work. | |
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join:2005-04-14
Philadelphia, PA | Re: you get what you pay for I was trying to use my paid services (skypeout) to attempt to call Lima after the earthquake after some power had been restored... so there | |
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LiamJunket
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join:2002-03-03
Ocean City, NJ
·Comcast
1 edit |  Skype claims system returning; some users now working
Users of Skype in Asia and parts of Europe were able to log on and use the free phone service Friday, nearly 24 hours after a software bug hit the popular program.
The company, a division of online auction company eBay Inc., said that while some of its estimated 220 million users had reported successfully connecting, others still were unable to do so.
"We're on the road to recovery," the company said on its Heartbeat blog Friday morning. "Skype is stabilizing, but this process may continue throughout the day. An encouraging number of users can now use Skype once again. We know were not out of the woods yet, but we are in better shape now than we were yesterday." A worldwide outage shows that Skype does not have the support staff it needs for such a large # of customers. And it also shows that their "Change Management" systems are inadequate. Under no circumstances should a change to software result in a worldwide outage.
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| firebird
join:2002-03-22
Moline, IL | Re: Skype claims system returning; some users now working So where does it say they made a software change?? They say on the web site it has nothing to do with the maint. they performed. | |
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LiamJunket
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join:2002-03-03
Ocean City, NJ
·Comcast
| Re: Skype claims system returning; some users now working said by firebird :So where does it say they made a software change?? They say on the web site it has nothing to do with the maint. they performed. And you believe that?
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join:2002-03-22
Moline, IL
| Re: Skype claims system returning; some users now working Believe what you want, I'll believe what I want! This is a rock solid service that costs little or nothing. If people are crying that its ruining their business because they can't call then they are too stupid to be in business. You've got to have some kind of fallback because nothing, nothing, nothing is 100%. | |
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LiamJunket
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join:2002-03-03
Ocean City, NJ
·Comcast
| Re: Skype claims system returning; some users now working said by firebird :Believe what you want, I'll believe what I want! This is a rock solid service that costs little or nothing. If people are crying that its ruining their business because they can't call then they are too stupid to be in business. You've got to have some kind of fallback because nothing, nothing, nothing is 100%. »news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6954675.stm
In a statement posted on its website, Skype said the widespread outage began after Skype's servers around the world were re-started following a software upgrade.
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lordfly
join:2000-10-12
Homestead, FL | Since I started this thread yesterday... I wonder why this was not on the front page yesterday? Anyway, I am still waiting for it to work. Maybe I am user 210 million and they haven't gotten to me yet. | |
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
·Optimum Online
| Nasty I am still down myself. It may be back but certainly not for me.
I had considered for a period of dropping my land line in favor of a combination of Skype and my cell phone. Glad I did not come to rely to heavily on Skype. I hope they offer some credit to those of us who have paid for Skypeout/Skypein service. They really should do a top to bottom review to make sure this never happens again and for such a long period of time.
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Derspankster
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join:2003-02-12
Marion, OH
·RoadRunner Cable
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| Re: Nasty Well, it's still down for me. I use it quite a bit but this outage is not the end of the world for me. For what I pay, it's no big deal. I'm sure it will be resolved soon. I still have my land line and cell. Wish my cell was $14.95/year!
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CylonRed
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join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
·Speakeasy
1 edit | Re: Nasty Last time my land line went out was an internal wiring issue and fixed in a day by myself - before that - don't remember the last time I had a POTS line go out on me in at least 10 years.
It will certainly depend on the area ands how lines are laid down - underground or on the pole. My experience is on the pole tends to be better as water has less of a chance to work thru the insulation when suspended on a pole. | |
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elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO
·Mediacom
| skype yo yo its been on and off all morring for me
the good news is when you DO connect if you make a call your call will stay connected even if you drop off the skype login server
atlest with Skype to Skype i was just talking to a friend of mine for the last 2 hours and i think skype loged in and out 10 times atlest | |
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lirrie
@cox.net
| what happens wen skype connects Since I was under the impression that skype was p2p based, except for services such as skype out/in, I'm wondering what happens when skype connects to the network?
I thought users themselves helped to relay calls and the like in such a way where this kind of outage couldn't happen?
Has anybody even done a packet capture of them connecting to the skype network with their skype client to see what or where it connects to? I thought skype worked a bit like KazAA in that users on high speed uplinks would have supernode abilities, relaying file transfers, phone calls, and skype chats, where direct connections couldn't be made? Is this not how skype works? | |
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Richard B
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join:2007-06-22
Portland, OR | VOIP is a lousy technolog Perhaps the problem is VOIP is a lousy technology. Packet switching was never design to reliable connections. There is an allowance in TCIP for errors due to dropped packets. if one want reliable phone service one need to stick to POTS. | |
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| Techie714
join:2005-08-02
Anaheim, CA | Re: VOIP is a lousy technolog Totally disagree with that statement.
I have been using VOIP service since 2004 as my main line. It has been fantastic & the call quality has been crystal clear. I'm currently with Viatalk and loving it. | |
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join:2001-03-15
hiatus
·Packet8
| said by Richard B :Perhaps the problem is VOIP is a lousy technology. I've been to at least ten different places where that was shown to be untrue... VoIP isn't the problem as much as it is the network that it has to travel through that is.
For example, I did work with a company a couple of times that has offices/commercial rentals all over the Central Gulf Coast (LA and MS) with fractional T1s between the various locations and the main office with VoIP running over it and it is rock solid.
And with proper QoS settings on your edge router, you can get reliable VoIP performance as well, without the access providers mucking up the packets in transit.
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| pabster
join:2001-12-09
Waterloo, IA
·Mediacom
| said by Richard B :Perhaps the problem is VOIP is a lousy technology. Packet switching was never design to reliable connections. There is an allowance in TCIP for errors due to dropped packets. if one want reliable phone service one need to stick to POTS. Spoken like a big telco CEO
POTS is a thing of the past for a growing number of people. So you (and THEY) better get used to VOIP. I've yet to see a POTS line that could match the call quality of a VOIP provider, price not withstanding. And just FYI, POTS has outages too. | |
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L337
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join:2005-03-10
Chicago, IL | Skype is not dependable Skype is not dependable that's for sure because bought the 1 year usage plan that they offer and their skypecast was out for 2 months. That's unbelievable! | |
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join:2001-01-19
Atlanta, GA | I blame the Jews It's all their fault! | |
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rawr?
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join:2006-10-19
USA | Re: I blame the Jews NO ITS THE INTERNET NAZIS | |
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L337
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Chicago, IL | Re: I blame the Jews Ahh... immature? | |
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Trinijoy
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Brick, NJ | This is the problem.. Everyone thinks, everything is perfect. Crap happens. | |
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220 Million Skype Users Cry Out
