SKYPE Down Again !

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Posted by cptechie, 06-07-2011, 07:50 AM
Friends,

SKYPE down again ! Is it down for everyone?

For updates regarding the issue keep on checking this URL :

http://heartbeat.skype.com/
Posted by jweeb, 06-07-2011, 08:18 AM
The Brazil Number only seems down. The rest are working fine.
Posted by Gogax | Simon, 06-07-2011, 09:16 AM
Skype has been giving me so many headache since it was purchased by Microsoft. For me i lost my trust and its time to move!
Posted by cptechie, 06-07-2011, 09:27 AM
Hello,

Skype's website is telling it's down for Brazil numbers only. But it doesn't seems so. I thinks Microsoft has not yer purchased SKYPE and we can't blame them for this downtime.
Posted by Biju, 06-07-2011, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by cptechie

Hello,

Skype's website is telling it's down for Brazil numbers only. But it doesn't seems so. I thinks Microsoft has not yer purchased SKYPE and we can't blame them for this downtime.

I think they have... correct me if i am wrong.
Posted by cptechie, 06-07-2011, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Biju

I think they have... correct me if i am wrong.

" Many blame Microsoft, and even founder Bill Gates for the downtime, which is sort of strange because the multi-billion dollar acquisition of Skype hasnt even closed yet. "

Ref : http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/07/sky...ft-on-twitter/
Posted by PatrickN, 06-07-2011, 10:07 AM
does LulzSec, the hacker group, have anything to do with this? I heard a few stuff here and there about them hacking Sony, Nintendo, FBI and Skype recently. Scary to think about them, I haven't heard of a good hacker group since diditforthelulz...how scary would it be if they decided to come and target us web hosting guys? @_@ think we could take em? Lol
Posted by Gogax | Simon, 06-07-2011, 10:10 AM
behh LulzSec is just publicity.
Posted by Negizmo, 06-07-2011, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by PatrickN

does LulzSec, the hacker group, have anything to do with this? I heard a few stuff here and there about them hacking Sony, Nintendo, FBI and Skype recently. Scary to think about them, I haven't heard of a good hacker group since diditforthelulz...how scary would it be if they decided to come and target us web hosting guys? @_@ think we could take em? Lol

They haven't, to the best of my knowledge, attacked Nintendo nor Skype.

http://heartbeat.skype.com/2011/06/p...o_skype_f.html

Skype is putting this down to a configuration issue, not an attack.
Posted by billaa, 06-07-2011, 10:33 AM
I don't think it is down for Brazil numbers only, Skype is down here too.
Posted by cptechie, 06-07-2011, 01:00 PM
Friends,

Finally, SKYPE is UP. Hurray!
Posted by SuperWarehouse, 06-07-2011, 03:19 PM
It's online right now for me, and has been for ~2.5 hours. Before that, when I first logged on today, it was down. Outages seem to only be affecting Brazil now.
Posted by The Dude, 06-08-2011, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MTI-Simon

Skype has been giving me so many headache since it was purchased by Microsoft. For me i lost my trust and its time to move!

We all knew they would screw it up

Posted by mripguru, 06-09-2011, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MTI-Simon

Skype has been giving me so many headache since it was purchased by Microsoft.

Microsoft: What do we want to destroy today?
Posted by mripguru, 06-10-2011, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cptechie

" Many blame Microsoft, and even founder Bill Gates for the downtime, which is sort of strange because the multi-billion dollar acquisition of Skype hasnt even closed yet. "

Ref : http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/07/sky...ft-on-twitter/

Well - if you consider, some companies actually take control of the purchased company before the sale "officially" goes through and is announced as such in order to maintain the appearance of business as usual during the transition.
Posted by cpanellover, 06-10-2011, 02:36 AM
i whas on skype last night (local time) working fine here ... maybe it's because microsoft took over so us skype users have bad luck ok that wasn't funny
Posted by Lionese, 06-10-2011, 03:17 AM
i seldom login to Skype unless there is special occasion. I forgot my password at one time and try to retrieve it. Guess what, the button "Change My Password" is not working no matter how many times i clicked it. That's poor programming!

Luckily at last, i managed to recll my password.
Posted by CEUservers, 06-10-2011, 06:06 AM
Shame for all users if M$ change the policy of this sw. I hope not.