Skype offline – Grosse Probleme beim VoIP Anbieter

Skype hat seit ein paar Stunden grosse Probleme. Sehr viele Benutzer können keine Anrufe tätigen und auch die Chat Funktion funktioniert nur teilweise. Erst vor kurzem meldete sich Skype per Twitter nun kam eine offizielle Bestätigung der Problem rein:

Skype isn’t a network like a conventional phone or IM network – instead, it relies on millions of individual connections between computers and phones to keep things up and running. Some of these computers are what we call ‘supernodes’ – they act a bit like phone directories for Skype. If you want to talk to someone, and your Skype app can’t find them immediately (for example, because they’re connecting from a different location or from a different device) your computer or phone will first try to find a supernode to figure out how to reach them.

Under normal circumstances, there are a large number of supernodes available. Unfortunately, today, many of them were taken offline by a problem affecting some versions of Skype. As Skype relies on being able to maintain contact with supernodes, it may appear offline for some of you.

What are we doing to help? Our engineers are creating new ‘mega-supernodes’ as fast as they can, which should gradually return things to normal. This may take a few hours, and we sincerely apologise for the disruption to your conversations. Some features, like group video calling, may take longer to return to normal.

Das zeigt einem mal, dass auch die ganz grossen nicht vor Problemen sicher sin. Skype ist für rund 0.57% des gesamten Internet Traffics verantwortlich, und eine der Hauptapplikationen des modernen Web.