[134060] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Skype info
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Carrozzo)
Wed Dec 22 16:05:42 2010
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikq5pyVQc+WMrvh0GURkzG_T+UN2+yO7OPX=GgC@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:04:47 -0500
From: Jack Carrozzo <jack@crepinc.com>
To: Jeremy Parr <jeremyparr@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
"Creating new mega-supernodes as fast as they can!"
Definitely using that in a meeting tomorrow.
Cheers,
-Jack
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Jeremy Parr <jeremyparr@gmail.com> wrote:
> Skype downtime today
>
> Earlier today, we noticed that the number of people online on Skype
> was falling, which wasn=92t typical or expected, so we began to
> investigate.
>
> Skype isn=92t a network like a conventional phone or IM network =96
> 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 =91supernodes=92 =96 they act a bit like phone
> directories for Skype. If you want to talk to someone, and your Skype
> app can=92t find them immediately (for example, because they=92re
> 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
> =91mega-supernodes=92 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.
>
> Stay tuned to @skype on Twitter for the latest updates on the
> situation =96 and many thanks for your continued patience in the
> meantime.
>
> On 22 December 2010 15:46, Jack Carrozzo <jack@crepinc.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Paul Graydon <paul@paulgraydon.co.uk
> >wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Details are on their blog: http://bit.ly/edtjxB
> >
> >
> > %wget http://blogs.skype.com/ -O/dev/null
> > --2010-12-22 20:45:36-- http://blogs.skype.com/
> > Resolving blogs.skype.com... 204.9.163.155
> > Connecting to blogs.skype.com|204.9.163.155|:80... failed: Operation
> timed
> > out.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > -Jack
>
