DISQUS

John Leeman · 2 years ago

Just a few days after US Congress OK's the Executive Branch wire tapping bill, Skype goes down.... MMMM....

I would hate to think that the US Government is now taking over the internet.....
Steve O'Hear (editor) · 2 years ago

@John

So would I :)
Decklane · 2 years ago

I'm generally on the dissatisfied side with skype. It's taking them forever to sort out quality issues and reliability and now this. It seems like all the disadvantages of a peer to peer system with all the disadvantages of a centralized system. Finally, add to that all the disadvantages of a completely proprietary system and protocol.
I would jump ship the moment a competitor gets enough momentum.
David Mackey · 2 years ago

I have to agree, this outage is concerning for business users...But, think of a traditional PBX which operates over a T1. Oftentimes these have overflow copper lines in case of outages.