NYA!! My girlfriend is 12,000 miles away and gettin' upset: call in Inspector Gadget to sort this asap, please!

This is an unexpected surprise, and that explains why we can't logon. Please try to resolve this faster than "12-24 hours" as many of us faithful users need Skype for business reasons!!!!

Why is the site also unresponsive?
Symptoms of a DDOS attack are similar to this.
Friends list won't load completely, long time to log-in.

If you need audio/video/chat urgently check out http://www.digitalsamba.com.

Its flash-based so nothing needs to be installed.

The 3-user version is free.

Disclosure: I work for them

My Skype account got problem in signing into Skype. Meanwhile, my account (not logined w/ Skype gray cycling icon) still can receive the Skype calls for a period of time.

I wonder if some hacker(s) might have successfully invaded Skype's servers.

Skype might have to seriously evaluate the impact/damage to its numerous customers and consider the effective solution against the hackers.

Look forward to Skype's clarification/comment and solution(s).

Have a good day!

Richard Kuo
ZOT (Zero-One-Technology)
2007/08/16

Skype...come home...don't crash

Looks to me like Skype was caught with its pants down j/k

LOL! Yup, looks like hackers to me.

They would have notified of potential down time if there was a major server update scheduled, no?

Now that explains why my mobile Version (Symbian) of IM+ Skype over GPRS/3G is not working - there was me thinking it was the phone software :-0
I'm looking forward to the speedy resolution too!

(fubar) (swear)
fasterfaster!

O Skype,
How and Why did you let it happen?
We use Skype and Skype-out for doing business here in Vietnam, and the damage and loss are uncountable....
Shall it be a lesson for us to rely solely on you for communication?

"Some of you" is the understatement of the year - 95% more like it. If you need a timetable of this "Milestone" have a log on my blog : http://www.sme-blog.com/comments/skype-having-problems - you can see the millions of users dropping of.

Not the best way to handle this guys! I'm sorry for you, I love your service.
ST

Me baby is also 12,000 miles away and get upset to ,but the worse is she don't believe that my skype don`t works.
Please fix it s.a.p !! L.from Germany

Yep, I am in France & could not understand why my connexion was going on & off.
Anyway it's reassuring to find Skype are on to it.

Hope it's not a terrorist hacker !!!

Couldn't live without Skype now.

Me baby is also 12,000 miles away and get upset to ,but the worse is she don't believe that my skype don`t works.
Please fix it s.a.p !! L.from Germany

"Some of you" ?
When I was able to get in to Skype this morning, less than a million (out of a normal 6 million) people were on-line.

Yep, it happened here in Nebraska, USA also.
But thank God I also use VoipBuster and it is
working fine.

Is the problem the same across the board? My client is stuck in a perpetual "connecting" state for both my off computer Skype/Netgear unit and the laptop version as well.
Is everyone else stuck in the connect limbo as well or will Skype not even load for others?
Heres to hoping all goes well/gets fixed/ and/or miracles happen.
I don't know about the rest of you but I will be checking back in frequently as Skype is my home and business's primary communication tool.
Good Luck All, Good Luck Skype
all fingers are crossed here for you.

Here in Brussels, Belgium we've had no access all day...

Seems to be a worldwide problem. Confirm not working in South Africa, NYC, Bahamas, London and Brazil. It's really a wake up call to those of us who rely on Skype heavily for business.

No service in the UK either. Come on Skype. Time is money.

No service in Greece either, hurry Skype hurry.

No go 4- us in Maine (u.s.a) - Problems happen. I don't think it's fair to blaim Skype. You'll see. It's just a matter of time till the day that the entire web crashes. other than bridges it is the weakest point of our infrastructure and as relied upon just as much. I hope that I am wrong but ther is so much ill intent in the world right now I don'e se hoe I could be. Galxy Blow records- Wells Maine

Millions of users trying to unsuccessfully login at the same time could also be causing problems... Everyone should lay off for awhile and let them fix the problem.

12-24 hours! ???
What about people like me who rely on Skype-Out and Skype-In for Business ?
Skype is no longer a reliable communications vehicle.
Nothing can replace good old Landline.
In my opinion the worst thing that could have happened to Skype was the eBay takeover - The service has gotten worse - the a-la-carte model is expensive - and worst of all "it is not even reliable!

If this is going to take a while, it may be worth checking into VoipBuster.com Personaly I like it better than Skype. The connections appear to be better than Skype. Also, there is not the echo that I have often on Skype.
Just a suggestion. It might get you back into business mode. Or in good standing with the girlfriend 12000 miles away.

It's really a wake up call to those of us who rely on Skype heavily for business.

NO SERVICE IN ITALY SINCE THIS MORNING ON THE 2 PC AND 1 MAC OSX CONNECTED . DAMN !!!!
Why don't send a warning email?

Did it have to be today? It took me two weeks to coordnate a 6 person conference call from all over the world for 3PM this afternoon. I never fathomed I needed a plan B.

Ugh!!!

I have to say that you're doing a poor job of damage control with your users and the media. If AT&T, BT or Deutsche Telekom said that their problems would be resolved in "12 - 24 hours", they'd be out of business tomorrow. eBay is under pressure to generate more revenue from Skype - this is a step backwards.

Poland is off line as well.. The whole day I thought it was my problem, but now I see that it is a community thing.. I hope they fix it soon.

It would be helpful if you posted a note regarding the outage on your HOME PAGE. I found out about the outage through MSNBC. Then when I went to skype.com.....not a word about it so I had to dig further to get here for information. To be forthright would go along way to demonstrate integrity. It takes 3 minutes to update your HOME PAGE with this information. What is the webmaster doing, twiddling their thumbs? Inform Your Customers upfront and don't make them work to find out what's wrong. It's so easy to move past the inconvenience of an outage (because that's life and outages occur). You would have so much more credibility if you were forthcoming with this information.

I am having a very important video interview tomorrow.
I installed Skype just yesterday for that purpose.
And now it's not working! Jesus!!

Perhaps I brought bad luck to your community!

Please resolve this quickly

Australia Offline too...

But Holy crap (some) people! For years I have used Skype without any issues. The one time they do encounter problems almost everyone is on their case. Give them a break! I cannot begin to imagine how tough it would be to manage a system with millions of users at once.

I agree 12 - 24 hours is a lot but if they have not pinpointed the issue yet it's more dangerous to quote a shorter time and have it drag on.

If your business is so critical it will go under because you don't have Skype for a day you need to re-evaluate your disaster recovery strategy and technical solution plan - there is no way I would rely on ANY one vendor if it meant my business.

Go do your thing Skype. We can all take some to do the crossword or something and enjoy the break.

As with many others I use Skype for my business. I don’t have another phone system. The lack of communication and "hiding" of the problem is so wrong from a business communications standpoint. I had to hunt to find what was going on and the ability to submit a tech support ticket is disabled on the website. Beyond the service interruption, the Public Relations Department should be fired. Issues like this should be handled upfront with clarity and as much precision as possible. 12-24 hours is not acceptable. I am very disappointed in the leadership of this company.

A bit more info would be appreciated. More updates at regular intervals and a moving timeline for having the issue fixed would go a long way to satisfying a lot of customers. The same message has been up all day and only recently appeared on the home page. I bet there are a lot of other providers rubbing their hands right now!

To be fair it seems a little risky not to have a back up system for calls. I'm not saying that SKYPE ought to be let off the hook, but any business that relies on a communication method based on the web with no 'outs' is asking for trouble and the leadership of that organization ought also to be fired! Who was it that coined the phrase 'risky business'?

12-24 hours! You're now in direct competition with the tape recording via post method.

24 hours all already almost over, I have problems since early morning hours!!!! please help!!!!!!!!!!

This is quite true
We all take for granted our software's reliability
but the truth is that software applications are far more unreliable (IN PRINCIPLE) than the washing machine, or the refrigerator
There always has to be a plan B, especially for corporations, if not individuals

Logging on problems in Finland for about 12 hours now.
Here to be said as well; skype hasn't been working right since the last bigger update. It keeps closing the call by itself, specially when surfing online while talking
Want the good old skype back!

Skype. Take a deep breath. And hold... and hold... and hold...

Problems happen in life - this is not that bad - it could be much worse. I personally am grateful to have Skype, especially yesterday. Skype was the only way we could contact associates in Lima IMMEDIATELY(!) after the 8.0 earthquake in Peru - phone service was down. We've been using Skype since the very beginning, for business and personal. Thank you, Skype!

I've never had a problem the whole time Ive used Skype so I'm not going to let one day bother me. I also run a Jabber client all the time. AIM, googletalk , jabber.......it's all good.

problems here in washington state as well and it makes it very frustrating when your girl friend lives 10,000 miles away and you cant talk...i miss the old skype too and theres been too many problems with this newest update...

I've been having problems too. It all started last night when Windows downloaded its latest update. Bloody carp!

I have to assume this is all to do with subprime mortgages, since everything else is. Meanwhile, here in rural Massachusetts, we wait to tell the world...

Here in Florida-US no SKYPE as well. I read above somebody wrotes: "I bet there are a lot of other providers rubbing their hands right now!". I am very interested now to have a backup Voip provider. After this problem, for me it seems VERY risky not to have a back up system for calls. Please, any suggestions or any decent provider for Voip?

Given that Skype is likely to be down for such a long time, would it not make sense to have this announcement on the home page so everyone knows instead of having to spend hours trying to find why we can't go online with skype. Better to be open and honest about such problems than to hide them.

I have been using skype now since almost the beginning of the service, first time it has gone down, my landline and mobile service have caused me far more problems. My internet sevice has had more downtime than has Skype.
Keep up the good work guys.

As I typed that comment, the service came back on line

No service in Sweden either

people you panic like a pregnant woman, I love skype and things happen so relax and be patient and soon we will have SKYPE back

No skype in Holland too, but been using it for 2 or 3 years for free communication with friends and never had problems, thx skype. Keep up the good work

I agree with those who say give them a break. I have been using them since the beginning as well, and my only issue was having my account temp. blocked due to their rather strict credit payment policies.

That does bring out the problem with their customer service though. It is practically non existent.

However, if they gave similar service as the other guys, they would also need to charge those prices.

Who can beat such a good program for such a low amount of money? I mean really, unlimited calls to US and Canada for about $60 a year(skype In/out)? I paid more then that each month for a landline.

i've been all day trying to log in, not knowing what the heck wash happening to my skype. Business lines down, and services i'm paying for. I don't like what i see. i like skype but they should have sent an email or something to the people using it and paying for it! Hey, your business will be down today, please be patient. .... not nice.

It's now 13:31 CST and Skype is still down in the midwestern USA. This is very frustrating.

That said, I think the people who are flipping out over this outage need to take a deep breath and relax. This isn't the end of the world. Your girl will still be there when you're back online (and, if she isn't, she wasn't that committed anyway and you're probably better off without her), your business won't collapse, and the world world isn't going to end in a big fireball today. Well, probably not anyway.

Just a note to the business users: I use Skype for business too. But it is foolish to rely solely on Skype or even VoIP in general as your only source of phone service. Even if your VoIP providers stays u 100% of the time, what happens if your ISP goes down? Always have a backup. Personally, I use both Skype and a mobile and I've never been without some sort of phone service more than 20 minutes.

Backup plans! They are important!

Lithuania is offline also.
I use Skype for a work and for freetime. Today I lost some important calls, ok, I hope, tomorrow it will be work.

But I had also a good lesson: I need to have also other ways to contact the others!

In what times we live: it's enough to cut the cave and we are isolated...

That`s not good...Hope you fix the problem by tonight

Backup and running in the Eastern US (Boston, MA).

Halaluya... let the good times role.

Thanks everyone for your comments and concerns. This is to let you know that our teams are working hard at getting this resolved.

India is offline...parents worried....FIX it!!!

Be careful about jumping the gun announcing that service has returned. I've been in the "connecting" state most of the day. A couple of times I succeeded in connecting only to be booted right back to connecting a moment later. Skype's still down in eastern Canada

Hi, don't want to sound alarmist or anything, but in the process of trying to "sign in", I must have entered my password about 10 times. Was this a wise thing to do?

Hmmmm..... silence.... whats going on anyway....? Does it take so much time for folks who wrote the protocol to understand what's the problem with it? Excuse me, but aren't you the guys who wrote it?

Eventually this day-without-Skype will bring more good than bad. Like, people who rely on VoIP for their business will finally think about backup plans.

Last time I was connected with Skype today, there was just 108k people online. It's a free service for most of Skype users after all. However, this is the first time when Skype goes down so badly. Shift happens, you know.
Good luck, Skypers! Come back soon.

czech republic is offline!!!!!!

Am I a gun jumper?

Well, that didn't last long. Down and not running in the Eastern US (Boston, MA).

I managed squeezed out a couple of calls before my connection terminated.

Lets go tech team you can do it. Ra ra shihcumba. Keep on trying you can do it. Go team go...

India is offline too...

Where's your loyalty, people? There are few internet services I trust; Skype, Paypal and that's about it.

Skype has made it possible for me to keep in regular contact with members of my family overseas when telecom companies were grabbing at every opportunity to gouge me. Using O2 and BritishTelecom to phone my Mom in Ireland used to cost me £20 for a three minute chat.

So, Skype's having an off day. Many of you have clearly enriched yourselves on the back of this free service - so, chill!

24 horas é tempo demais, precisam resolver porque todos precisam do skype para se comunicar com amigos, familias e mesmo com relação de trabalhos...eu tenho credito no meu skype e desejo que o mesmo não seja excluido por problemas do grupo skype. Dediquem-se que para temos normalidade em menos de 24 horas.Grata.

where is my skype...ı want talk .....ı dont understand what is the problem,help me

NO Skype in Austria since almost 6 hours!
This is unbelievable service.
I will cancel my SkypeOut

I very much agree with the above mentioned comment:

"Where's your loyalty, people? There are few internet services I trust; Skype, Paypal and that's about it.
Skype has made it possible for me to keep in regular contact with members of my family overseas when telecom companies were grabbing at every opportunity to gouge me. "

Chill out people, I'm sure Skype Team is working on the problem... (btw no Skype in Canada yet )

Argentina is offline too. Hurry Skype!

Skype is down in Israel as well. I was sure that I had caused the problem myself and just spent about 8 hours trouble-shooting my firewalls etc., until I thought to check another computer on the LAN. I agree with those who suggest that a more forthright and communicative approach by Skype personnel would defuse a lot of the tension this has caused -- and in my case, saved a LOT of time! Geez, couldn't you have posted a note right away in a prominent place on the web?

This really suck, first they charge you for connections that do not go thru, now this ....
12 hours is too long fix it now ..

Why does a company that makes so much money of all of us, cant afford a phone number of their own?
There is no number WHATSOEVER to contact them ...
Is this normal? ISNT IT AGAINST THE LAW?

Somebody please let me know ...

"Heartbeat" shows SkypeIn and SkypeOut as operational. How can we use those services WO login???? This is suc a nonsense status.

This suck's....
It work's for a heartbeat and then it crash again...
PLEASE!!! fix it.. it has been like this all day long, at least in Sweden..
12-24 hours to fix it!?!?!?
It sound's like TELIA.. the Swedish national phonecompany.. Oh my ..*ugly word*

Whilst it seems not unlikely that the problem is in some way associated with the Vista and XP update patches issued yesterday (see the words of Tom Keating linked from this page), restoring my Vista system to a point prior to the installation of these patches has however made no difference whatsoever to Skype accessibility - or lack thereof. Patience, however, remains a virtue!

Brasil is offline too...
O Brasil também está fora do ar...

jesus people, keep your pants on... almost everybody here has been using skype since the early days which means for more than 4 years and now after ONE day off everybody starts to give those hard-working people shit that they do not deserve at all.
Please do not forget: exactly those guys made all the mentioned "private stories" (girl-/boyfriend 12.000 miles away, parents away, video job interview) possible in the first place (for free i mean).
Those people doing business just by using skype learned an important lesson today.

tomorrow is another day, skype will work and no one will give a flying [insert 4-letter word here] anymore; so sit back, relax have a glass of whatever and take it easy.

advise for the skype-team: next time you have a problem do not mention a timeframe, say something like: we are working to resolve the issue as hard and as fast as we can bla bla bla

take it easy, fellow citizens of mother earth and (i know it s hard but try) accept the whole situation with a smile on your face.

thanks to everybody at skype for this wonderful piece of software. Keep up the good work!!

All of the folks with Skype in our San Antonio area are down. The Internet is working fine... it's just Skype. Some of us use Skype heavily for business... I hope Skype fixes this before they get any lawsuits...

the last thing that came to my mind was that skype is borken in some way.. i was ready to reinstall windows to get my skype to work.. and well it would help.. come on guys! millions of people are counting on you!

italy is off line

Stuff breaks and that is a fact of life.

I recommend to Skype that next time they post a notice right away on their website instead of waiting until the media picks up the story before admitting there is a problem.

I can handle waiting until the service is fixed but what upsets me is wasting my time trying to troubleshoot a problem because the Skype site says everything is fine.

(mooning)

Poland is off line!!!

To those of you crying out there. STOP it. Are you adults or little children. Those of you who need it for business purposes... Use the wits you were born with and find a work around for a few hours.

If there is even a small chance that Skype was "hacked", should I even try to log in before the problem is fixed?

Just wondering?

Norway:
After being without access to Skype for many hours my Skype status indicated just a while ago that I was actually logged on! I took advantage of this to initiate a Skype call. The interesting thing, is that although the Skype status of the other party appeared, as seen by me, to be that of *logged on* and as seen by them, to be *logged off* - and although my own status very quickly reverted to the infamous arrows chasing each other, the call was not broken(!) and we were able to continue our conversation for some considerable time. After terminating the call, however, I was again (and remain) unable to make further calls.

It's working!!!!

Keeping my fingers crossed!!
*please*

And:
Dear mr/mrs redtailboas
this is a forum to tell what you like or dislike.. please: Live and let live!

Oregon is working fine now.

just get it back up, this kind of thing happens.

for anyone who relies on a free(or very cheap) service for a business, you dug your own grave

for those who continue to whine that the problem hasn't been located, try writing some code and locating bugs yourself. errors don't come with big flashy signs saying change here for resolution of issue.

I'm in Toronto, Canada. Since this morning I couln't sign in skype any more.

I tried my two computer, nothing works. I'm sure it's the skype problem. I subscribe skype as my long distance call!

Is it the same problem as with Custommer Support page giving:

MySQL Error: ()
MySQL Error: ()
Settings table not built, please goto Settings > General and click Update

? Good luck fixing it. My sms was also thrown away

Italy off too! Anyway come on guys, as a friend from Australia said before, skype always worked fine. For the first time we can find a work around and let the team study on it. If it is really critical to your business and now you are completely over this means that your disaster recovery plan is inadequate. Your fault.

Wow, 12-14 hours? What the heck HAPPENED!? I'm here in Charlotte, NC... and it's been trying to connect all day. I have about 20 clients waiting for a response from me via skype and I have no way to get in contact with them... and I have to MEET THEM IN ONE AND A HALF HOURS!

Freaking Out,

Josh

Seemingly the new boxes from NSA installed in your server room are creating havoc - after Dubja signed the spying on foreigners bill!

Keep up the good work and good lick!

brazil off too!
my stores and my families can't talk because skype's problem!
skype going down?!?!?!

Well this early morning I spoke so many hours with my daughter, over 10,000 miles away, and now this ! Maybe I have burnt your connections...Please let us know when the connection issue is settled. I was about to disassemble my computer just before I saw this posting. Meanwhile could you broadcast an error message? We see nothing, just "connecting", forever.

The worst thing is denial, saying only a few are effected when basically EVERYBODY in my address book was affected.
Why not simply tell us what goes on.
We can handle that - and understand.
Would even be a sign of Skype trusting it's customers.

Never thought about going to some other companies before.
Now I do.

Hello everybody. Moscow is having the same problem. I cant talk to my family in Canada (((

Norway is also offline!!!

Hello everybody. First I want to thank all the skype employers for the good job that they are doing already for years, I want to say to listen to much to all this stupid comments that already where given here. That are only comments from gays that don't now about what they are talking, of course the most of them are trying to put skype in a black point because there jealouse from a great service like skype.
And to the business people that lose lots of money with this issue nobody obliged you to use skipe, go back to the good old landlines and every month you will be down for some days. You all like to profit of the sheap way of communicate but when for once in the now 5 years that i am using skype you want to shoot the driver, shoot your selve and stay quitte this people on skype do everything they can to resolve this probleme so fast as can.
The whole Skype good luck
Hugo Van Raepenbusch
Belgium

No service in Hungary and no service in Croatia (500km away from my girlfriend) ...

ireland having the same problem.please fix it as soon is posible

well... it did'nt help..

My fingers are blue of all the crossing and my eyes full of "sand"..

I Hope SKYPE will work tomorrow..
Good night folk's

just become green!!!!!!!!!!!

and i`m also having problems with closing skype for no reason !what `s happening????????

well, an additional reason not to use skype in the future...

Thanks to mushin_schilling "the worst thing is denial"...

Many people lost so much time searching the reasons on their own PC or other gadgets they use for Skype, whereas the problem was in fact a skype system/service problem.

Why did they not inform all users by email immediately ?

Incidentally I found the post "Some of you may be having problems logging into Skype." . ... "some" of you ???? About 90 % of the users had problems !

There's no difference if you use Skype privately or for your business, or between Skype users or if you use and pay (!) for Skype-out or Skype-In. This breakdown of the whole system has to be measured with which "Skype" claims to be.

Thus, the information policy of this (ebay-) company is in fact disastrous.

(Fortunately I use mainly SIP services which are also free or even cheaper than Skype and much more reliable)

from Germany

question,anyone?do you have new or old version,i tried them both and the same problem again?????

you`re wright "hajoskylark" i even lost my internet explorer searching for the problem....

This is not funny. We use skype as our main phone. I am pregnant and have been having contractions off and on today. I need to call my husband who works hours away and the doctor's office. I can't contact any friends or anyone. My neighbors are all at work. Now I have to drive to get to a phone and get help. I sure hope this is a false alarm and just braxton hicks or something. Fix this soon. I am making sure there are minutes on my cell phone from now on. This stinks to the max, what great timing for this to happen.

Philippines is Off line as well..
my day is boring without skype!
so skype, please come back to papa and

my

And I just installed the latest version!

http://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/skypeless-certainly-and-helpless-almost/

After trying for 4 hours non-stop to log in and searching for a answer to my problem,I accidently ended up here,with great relieve,realizing that I was not alone!The green light just came on for a minute and now it is back off again.At least I can stop searching now.(South Africa)

Instead of SkypeOut, i started using VoipBuster. It can work on p2p mode and is's much cheaper than SkypeOut, too.

SKYPE IS BACK IN BUSSINESS AND SOO DO I - WHOOOOHOOOO
THANK you!

For two years uninturrrupted service all over the world. One day we have a problem, every one starts to dump. Lets remember the days before Skype.
Mobil-1998-NJ.USA

this just proves that skype is used all over the world
from lithuania, Philippines, Sweden, Holland, Greece..and the list goes on.
whoa. i never realized that till now.

way to go skype! woot woot

i know what it's like to have your interface(s) go down and the whole world go ballistic because of it. so...i'm not gonna give you guys any hard time.

may the Force be with y'all

OMG - pls skype we are waiting for you - always given the best services - we will wait I know that this is bad for skype as well - I have a backup - but really I prefer skype - Skype-in is working

HINT - go to settings and reverse your calls to a number so your still reachable - i moved it to my cellphone (costs more though but this is at least working) WE ALL LOVE YOU SKYPE!! PEACE

Skype seems to back in Greece too....

Hope all this is resolved within the next 15 hours

I have a really important videointerview coming up

God bless you all

Please hurry up, My duaghter had her exam results for University today and I am 2000 miles away. This is my only phone. I have had Skype since day one and pay for its service (my own number).... and this is the first time down! Get some decent quality control or testers!.. Ask me if you don't know ant.

I've been able to log in from here in Austin, Texas, US at 7:06 CDT (GMT -6), but a call to echo123 produces nothing. I tried chatting with others marked 'Skype Me' but no replies... I just noticed that my connection appears to be intermittent. Weird.

I love how many people are flipping out because skype is down. Anyone here of email, cell phones, chat programs, etc. I mean seriously, this is stupid. I love all the comments on here. Here are some fun examples:

"I have clients I can't get a hold of...I need skype."

-DUDE!! Email them, carry a cell phone, and if you have a meeting scheduled show up to it!! Oh my goodness you are dumb. If this is the only way you have to connect then you have bigger business problems to begin with.

"My girlfriend is 12,000 miles away and flippin out"
-If you call her on skype then she can't login either. If she doesn't believe you that it's down and is freakin' out, then I hope she does break up with you and you find someone else, because she'd have to be an idiot not to understand. Or, here's a thought... EMAIL HER! Oh wait, idea two, login to AIM or something man... holy cow.

"My daughter had her exam results for University and I'm 2000 miles away"
-Get a cell phone. Go use a pay phone. Email her. The internet is a BIG PLACE PEOPLE!! Use something else. As it turns out, people have been communicating for a long time now without Skype.

"For two years uninturrrupted service all over the world. One day we have a problem, every one starts to dump. Lets remember the days before Skype."
-The voice of reason among a sea of incompetent sheep. Amen for someone who can deal with a minor situation calmly without pretending like the whole company is crap because of one day of down time.

"To those of you crying out there. STOP it. Are you adults or little children. Those of you who need it for business purposes... Use the wits you were born with and find a work around for a few hours."
-HAHAHAHA! Oh man, that's good. Hit the bullseye with that one my friend. Way to go.

STOP BEING CHILDREN! Pick up the phone! Email someone! Chat with using one of the 20 FREE CHAT PROGRAMS OUT THERE! I can't even believe this has gone on like this with the constant complaining and empty threats to Skype about their inability to bring it back online for you on "your timetable". If your life stops because of Skype, you need to slap some sense into yourself.

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERONE!! I'm going to go on living now, without Skype believe it or not!

Hi, Billybob? I really appreciate your fidelity and "concern" such as it is... but please refrain from calling people dumb. It's not your place.

Ok, thanks- g'bye. (^_^)

My sincerest apologies Josh!! What I should have said is that people are being irrational and complaining about things that are, in the grand scheme of things, their own fault. If someone's only line of communication to the outside world is Skype, then they need to reexamine their ways of communicating. If your business dies because Skype goes down... then I have no idea how you managed to stay in business to begin with.

And hey, while we're on the subject, it's not your place to tell me what to say.

KTHXGBYE!

stoopid... hahaha. oh man I had to...

I for one cannot bear a life without Skype.

I ve just finished writing my suicide note

I hold the people from Skype completely responsible for my untimely death

Farewell

DON'T DO IT ALEXANDER!

"Crazybigbillybob", those owho have long distance relationships with people and have to talk through skype DO e-mail, talk on aim, find other ways around it - but honestly, a long-distance relationship is hard enough, imagine not being able to hear the one you love's voice.

Also, I don't think the little children are the ones saying "Skype, please hurry up!". I think the little children are those like you, who actually feel personally offended by others' needs.

Next time you post an offensive message that applies to millions of people, think it out first, and try to put yourself in their shoes.

Needs? Offended? You have to be kidding me. I can't believe it. This is unbelievable that you're taking Skype being down that seriously. If you can't go without hearing "your loved one's voice" for LESS THAN A DAY then the relationship is doomed anyway because you obviously can't handle a "long-distance" relationship because there are days when you're not going to talk. If people are offended because I'm calling them out on their "dependancy" on Skype then so be it.

Not in the least worried about it. And you might want to rethink you're definition of "little children" who are generally IMPATIENT AND THROW TANTRUMS when they don't get what they want. The number of people talking about dropping Skype because of this MINOR incident is unreal.

Amariel, just think before you start typing next time, because you make no sense when you talk. Next time you try and come-back with some unintelligent babble, keep it to yourself. Thanks.

That blog is amazing Hope the problem will be fixed soon though... See the good side - with Skype crashing you can read pretty funny posts here Anyway, it's been now more than 15 hours, at least since I found the problem. I guess it's time for them to handle that issue.

hi all,
why i use skype ? why skype is more expensive rate for skypeout from similar software ?
i use skype only for simple answer.
because skype is stable. never crash. never give problem. i pay more money for rate skypeout but was stable. now skype look like other software.
my problem is only to finish my credit in 2 account and will be problem to sell my skypephone for good price. why ? because skype now is similar to other program for call.
i am not interested who attack skype server if was attack. i think very simple. i pay for skypeout, i need to use service.
tell me blog, who are interested in stupid games and tools that they put in this program ?
is more interesting use skypefind and all this stupid game or better for them develop a skypefax service??
i had a skypein number too. for my lucky ... really never i am so much lucky i forgot to renew this number .
i use skype for redirect call to my mobilphone and for do skypeout call and they can check my nick log how many i do.
From 16/08/2007 my skype cannot be used. some minute log and after crash again, any account , any computer , any skypephone.
some year ago, they give sometime a bonus when i recharge, now they dont' give nothing to me... i recharge 25 euro anytime and they never give me just 2 euro for free. before they give some bonus for promotion.
now dont' give nothing. just begin to give poor service ? it's a rules of Monopoly because have milion of users ? if you lose time to program a games for skype , i can suggest to programmer of skype to go to play to icq. they have it for them too. if you dont' want lose time for funny games, just use time for build a skypeFAX service for our skypein number!!! but first of all use time for a stable skype program! someone told that this can be attack from google or some other company , from hacker etc..
this is just idea...
yesterday i cannot call this is statistic
today i cannot call this is again a fact!
tomorrow ?
so i must begin to create a new account in other service or repair this problem ?
do you know what i think? maybe skype begin to lose the way : why born skype ? for connect people for cheap price or for play games ?
i was thinking for connect people , audio video chat maybe in future fax too ? in stable way =?
thanks to everybody and i hope skype will come back soon or for sure will lose me: 1 customer !!!
by NAKROS
cya

Hi, From Sri Lanka

It is offline in South Asia too. I contacted my freinds in india. They also facing da problem.

Hope skype will fix da problem soon.

good luck from Sri Lanka.

Yesterday I cleaned out two tin cans and put a small hole in the bottom of each of them. I just happened to have a 2000 miles size ball of string so I poked each end of the string into the holes in the cans and then knotted them. I mailed one of them express to my girlfriend who lives 2000 miles away and she received it today. The note included told her to make sure the string was tight and when I felt the tug on my end of the string I spoke to her. You can't believe how clear the signal was! Who needs Skype. Won't be long, Mal from Turkey.

Hey guys!

Thanks so much for sorting out this problem. The skype communitiy
will be happy even if it'll take more than 24 hours. We're counting on you guys
and trust in that you'll resolve the issue : )

Bye
G.

Equatorial Guinea, West Africa is down since yesterday.

Hope they fix this fast.

Please , fix the problem as soon as you can , maybe faster than 24hours. I use skype to call me family and friends on all world..everyday I use it minimum 3hours

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