Skype info

Jeffrey Lyon jeffrey.lyon at blacklotus.net
Wed Dec 22 21:08:31 UTC 2010


I was actually going to say, you might as well have said it needs a
new flux capacitor.

Jeff

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Jack Carrozzo <jack at crepinc.com> wrote:
> "Creating new mega-supernodes as fast as they can!"
>
> Definitely using that in a meeting tomorrow.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Jack
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Jeremy Parr <jeremyparr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Stay tuned to @skype on Twitter for the latest updates on the
>> situation – and many thanks for your continued patience in the
>> meantime.
>>
>> On 22 December 2010 15:46, Jack Carrozzo <jack at crepinc.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Paul Graydon <paul at paulgraydon.co.uk
>> >wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >>  Details are on their blog: http://bit.ly/edtjxB
>> >
>> >
>> > %wget http://blogs.skype.com/ -O/dev/null
>> > --2010-12-22 20:45:36--  http://blogs.skype.com/
>> > Resolving blogs.skype.com... 204.9.163.155
>> > Connecting to blogs.skype.com|204.9.163.155|:80... failed: Operation
>> timed
>> > out.
>> >
>> > ...
>> >
>> > -Jack
>>
>



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