Skype blackout continues due to network faults
Millions of internet users around the world are still being affected by outages of the free phone service Skype.
Users as far apart as Japan, Europe and America have all reported that they have been experiencing problems, which began at around 0830 GMT on the 22nd of December.
The web giant said that the fault was caused by important parts of its own network being taken offline. Speaking to the world’s media, Skype chief Tony Bates offered his deepest apologies for any inconvenience caused and regretted to estimate that at least 10 million calls had been lost yesterday – particularly shocking considering that it is at least half its daily amount. Although the problem is still ongoing, it cannot be confirmed how many customers had been affected today.
The firm said that its engineers are now trying to create supernodes to get around its current problems. Around the planet, several firms and companies that rely on the service have been affected and are unable to contact their associates. Most confusing from them is the fact that, Skype is of an incredibly high standard, but has been practically non-existent as many employees can’t even log into their accounts at all.
For many, the problems couldn’t have come at a worse time as this is typically the busiest time of the year for many when work is piled up and the need to use Skype and similar services is at a premium.