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As many of you may have noticed today, Skype services are not operational. This is a huge frustration for many users, as people have turned to Skype for all their instant messaging as well as telephone needs. Call quality has improved to the point where users have cast their traditional phones aside for Skyping through their computer.

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    nowsourcing1 year ago

    I hope that the service will be up again soon!

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      finex3 months, 2 weeks ago

      now skype not down

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      BronxBomber1 year ago

      I've used Skype in the recent past and they stink! It screws up you're IE browser when you're trying to close it down, and gives you constant error messages. Heck! It even affected my Outlook Express! I've finally took the whole program off my PC and it is running smoothly once again. Take it from me, don't use Skype!

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        nowsourcing1 year ago

        I actually find Skype easy to use and reliable. You can always take off the browser tools and other add-ons (although I agree that they shouldn't automatically be installed).

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          Eyebee1 year ago

          Every screws up the IE browser in my experience, particularly correct W3C code, so I wouldn't hold that against Skype.

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          elzorro21621 year ago

          I don't agree. I have used Skype and it has been very reliable. It think your problem is 2 things: 1. Internet Explorer stinks (it is the slowest browser out there); 2. You have a PC (spyware, viruses, etc). It ain't no Skype buddy!

          Z

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        dandt16121 year ago

        I had trouble hearing the other person. Very frustrating.

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          nowsourcing1 year ago

          yes, seen some issues with call quality. Usually if you change your settings to improve the quality, you're fine.

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        nowsourcing1 year ago

        finding that "connecting" and "connected" are pretty different :)

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          nowsourcing1 year ago

          yes, I liked the older Skype versions better as well.

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          pholpher1 year ago

          I'm sure a lot of people are frustrated.

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            BronxBomber1 year ago

            Not surprising...

            =o|

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              onlinecasino1 year ago

              I was confused ... restarted the windows few times lol

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            ingsocartsem1 year ago

            BronxBomer is right, Skype stinks. It doesn't work. VOip is a lie. Earthlink's digital phone service stinks as well. I got ripped off for $50.oo. Vonage stinks. They use collection agencies when they owe the customer money. The whole Voip is a scam. It is another example of computer based incompetence and lies. The WWW/Internet is not ready for VOip. Their bandwidth is just another computer based prevarication (lie). It is like buying an apple pie without any apples between the crust. A car without an engine. It is like the World Trade Center explanation, not the whole deal. The same for JFK's assassination and Watergate. Want to find out more about these three items? Read me here on netscape.

            I bought a VOip telephone. I got beat. It is in its box.

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              Eyebee1 year ago

              I have Vonage for almost 3 years. It's only ever been out once - that was about 20 mins.

              My billing has always been correct. I've always gotten credits for signing up new people without any issues.

              I use Vonage for both perosnal and business, and therefore reliability is a concern. Vonage has always been reliable here, and very good value for money too - certainly not a rip-off like BellSouth or AT&T or whatever/whoever owns them now or next week.

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            valyucha1 year ago

            already operating

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              talkentertainment1 year ago

              I had this trouble but now it's ok it seems.

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                nowsourcing1 year ago

                skype still isn't working here...

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                usdandy1 year ago

                Highlights the need for an alternate fall back system. One will find it hard choicing from the several VOIP systems in the marketplace!

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                  nowsourcing1 year ago

                  you'd be surprised. Lots of VOIP customer focused companies have closed recently (Tomatovine, Sunrocket) so Vonage is the pretty well-known one.

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                  hfdratch1 year ago

                  Living in another country with very high phone rates and little competition Skype has become my primary telephone method for reaching the US.

                  It is worse this week because I am in the middle of planning a trip to the States and need to make a lot of arrangements -- some by phone.

                  Normally a great (!) service, Skype drove me crazy yesterday -- downloading and re-installing the older version over the Beta and only then finding the advisories that it was not my fault.

                  Luckily they are fixing it almost as fast as the Fed is fixing the Market.

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                    nowsourcing1 year ago

                    yes, everything seems to be up now - how about you?

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                    echoqf1 year ago

                    sometimes people even want a language tutor teaching through the skype.http...">http://www.foreignercn.com/cn/index.php/action_...

                    so the use of it is important

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                      crzydawg351 year ago

                      Has anyone tried a competing product like Yahoo? What are your thoughts on those?

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                        Angelas1 year ago

                        Today already works Skype without problems!

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