Yesterday Darlene attempted to call me and could not connect with me. I use Skype for my phone service. Today Darlene, Ken and Russell attempted to call me and could not connect with me. I re-booted my computer and checked the settings and everything appeared to be OK.
Well the problem is not here. I guess it has been big news on the Internet.
"...Almost 36 hours after a software problem caused widespread outages in eBay Inc.'s Skype service, engineers continue to work to fully restore this extremely popular Internet telephony and instant messaging service, while many business users deal with work disruptions.
Although steady progress was made throughout the day Friday, the problem, which has affected millions of Skype users, hasn't been fully fixed, .." Story on PCWorld by Juan Carlos Perez
Russell decided today to buy a new computer and he called me from work to pick him up so he could get it home in the car. Well he could not get me on the phone. He had to carry his new computer and monitor home.
I just did a search at CNN for some information on the Skype problems and could not find any information. I would think that millions of people losing their telephone service and other communications tools would rate a mention on CNN.
Skype should have sent out an email to customers informing them of the problem.
