Skype Issues

[Spoon 7]

Looks like Skype is having some issues with logins today. Be advised if you are having trouble talking to the special someone (like I am now).

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2374651,00.asp

[Angeli 5]

Just this morning, I found out I can't sign in to Skype. I thought something's wrong with my software or computer so I called my husband through his cellphone. I told him what happened and he said he can't also log in.

Are you guys experiencing this? Not only I'm upset because I can't see my husband this holidays but all our previous conversations were there and if this problem cannot be resolved, I can't retrieve & print them.

[Cinderella08 1]

sis, me too icn't log in either! then i read in their website they are experiencing website error. it takes few hours b4 they can fix the problem.

[kitty25 0]

me too...grrrrrrrrrr so i used yahoo but our cam is not clearly grr.. how can fix that?

[Eveline 9]

You can't fix it. It's a Skype related problem. They are on it. I just got a message when I tried to sign in that they are experiencing problems with some of their computers:

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.

Enterprise products including Skype Connect and Skype Manager continue to function normally.

Customers using the enterprise version of Skype for Windows may still experience delays signing in.

Stay tuned to @skype on Twitter for the latest updates on the situation – and many thanks for your continued patience in the meantime.

http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/StatusUpdate/

[marjus's girl 6]

My husband and I cant sign in either...website problems said few hrs but it will log u in and log u out after a few mins so not fixed yet as of this time:(..i almost had a heart attack because i thought i had lost all our conversations too..

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Try Live Messenger until it's fixed.

[trillium13 84]

Try Live Messenger until it's fixed.

Messenger has been sucking since they disabled links in the message window.

[Angeli 5]

Thank you guys for your reply. I really appreciate it. I thought it's just me and my husband who are experiencing this problem since we just downloaded Skype 5.0 yesterday. I hope they can fix it as soon as possible. I wouldn't mind using other means of communication. It's just the call and chat logs that I'm worrying about.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

One thread on this issue moved from Immigration News to Off Topic forum as a more appropriate location and merged with another thread on the same topic in OT .

( While many people going through immigration processes use Skype, the technical problems Skype is encountering is not an immigration news item in and of itself .)

Edited December 23, 2010 by Kathryn41