Skype slowly recovers from global blackout

Gerald · 12-23-10, 12:42 PM

The free internet phone service Skype is slowly coming back online after an outage that affected millions of people around the globe.The firm's engineers are still working to fix the problem, which first started at around 2030 GMT on 22 December.Skype said the fault had been caused by a "software issue" on critical parts of its network. The firm told the BBC that it was currently handling 12.5 million phone calls, 50% of its normal traffic."We take outages like this really seriously and apologise for the inconvenience," Skype chief Tony Bates told BBC News.

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Note: 23 December 2010 Last updated at 14:58 GMT

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Skype slowly recovers from global blackout The free internet phone service Skype is slowly coming back online after an outage that affected millions of people around the globe.The firm's engineers are still working to fix the problem, which first started at around 2030 GMT on 22 December.Skype said the fault had been caused by a "software issue" on critical parts of its network. The firm told the BBC that it was currently handling 12.5 million phone calls, 50% of its normal traffic."We take outages like this really seriously and apologise for the inconvenience," Skype chief Tony Bates told BBC News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12064394 Note: 23 December 2010 Last updated at 14:58 GMT __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie