Major Skype downtime
Major Skype downtime
on Sat 18 Aug 2007 (18:19 GMT)
on Sat 18 Aug 2007 (18:19 GMT)
It all started on the 16th August when logging into Skype was giving users difficulties. Joosep from the official Skype blog 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.
Additionally, downloads of Skype have been temporarily disabled. We will make downloads available again as quickly as possible.
Additionally, downloads of Skype have been temporarily disabled. We will make downloads available again as quickly as possible.
The team have been working around the clock fixing the issue, which they say will be explained in detail on Monday. In two days nine blog posts were made by the team about the issue, you can hardly say they were slacking and well done to them for working so hard.
Two days of problems with Skype will not go down with customers, many of whom use Skype as an essential part of their business. The downtime does not appear to be a result of an attack or a problem with the data centre, but a software issue. Let's wait and see what the team have to say about the issue on Monday.
>> View the list of downtime posts in the development blog's August archives
>> Source: TechCrunch
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