Skype has been broken for a day and a half (and continues to be flakey)


For the past 35 hours or so, Skype has not been available to many people and the people running Skype have been vague about what the problem is. The only explanation that has appeared on their "Heartbeat" blog is: "This problem occurred because of a deficiency in an algorithm within Skype networking software. This controls the interaction between the user's own Skype client and the rest of the Skype network."

There is a suggestion that the problem is somehow resolving itself, but it's certainly not over here in Pittsburgh. Although I can now login and connect to the Skype network, my connection still occasionally drops and when it does I can't make a call. It seems to randomly come and go, although it is now more available than not. The opposite was the case yesterday.

Saturday Update: Skype definitely seems to be back to normal now.

Posted: Friday - August 17, 2007 at 10:09 AM          

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