Does your Skype work? It seems to be down...

Question

I have been trying to get my Skype light to go green. Apparently Skype is down today. I hope they fix it soon.link text

Answer 1

Thank you Sandy , I am down too , very inconvenient at this time , ah well back

to the old pen and ink.

Good point Ray :D - HotChickCD, Dec 22, 2010

Answer 2

Mine is down, too

Answer 3

I was wondering where everybody was! I just checked, and my light won't go on, either. What a bad time for this to go down. Do you think it's the hugh volume of people who miss the ones they love and are trying to talk at Christmastime?

Answer 4

Mine was still out when I came to work this morning.

Answer 5

Maybe your light turned green because it has gone mouldy with age, that happens

to me. What in the name of heaven "is a skype lady ? Am I missing something ,

or someone here?

ja ja ja you're hilarious Ray :) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 22, 2010

Skype test call, Ray. I guess that is the correct name. - sanlee, Dec 22, 2010

Answer 6

It seems working now.

it seems to be working now :) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 22, 2010

Answer 7

I have been "unconnectable" for about 9 hours.

I have been unconnectable for the past twenty years , I have forgotten why, or even why I wanted to be connected in the first place . - ray76, Dec 22, 2010

Answer 8

This is the first time that this has EVER happened to me with Skype so I am not worried. I am sure they will have the problem fixed soon and hopefully nothing like this will happen to soon again

Answer 9

This is the message from Skype:

Skype downtime today

Earlier today, we noticed that the number of people online on Skype was falling, which wasn’t typical or expected, so we began to investigate.

Skype isn’t a network like a conventional phone or IM network – instead, it relies on millions of individual connections between computers and phones to keep things up and running. Some of these computers are what we call ‘supernodes’ – they act a bit like phone directories for Skype. If you want to talk to someone, and your Skype app can’t find them immediately (for example, because they’re connecting from a different location or from a different device) your computer or phone will first try to find a supernode to figure out how to reach them.

Under normal circumstances, there are a large number of supernodes available. Unfortunately, today, many of them were taken offline by a problem affecting some versions of Skype. As Skype relies on being able to maintain contact with supernodes, it may appear offline for some of you.

What are we doing to help? Our engineers are creating new ‘mega-supernodes’ as fast as they can, which should gradually return things to normal. This may take a few hours, and we sincerely apologise for the disruption to your conversations. Some features, like group video calling, may take longer to return to normal.

That sounds like total rubbish to me , but thanks for that sandy , you are a legend. - ray76, Dec 22, 2010

I agree, Ray. Total rubbish, indeed...I miss it... - sanlee, Dec 22, 2010

Answer 10

I just tried to get in and it didn't work.

Answer 11

My light just turned green. I have hope....

It is off again, but I got the Skype lady and she talked to me.. - sanlee, Dec 22, 2010

I t is working now. Yay! - sanlee, Dec 22, 2010