Skype shuts down

[budu3]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/business/17ebay.html?ex=1345003200&en=cccaa6da8a8347fb&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

[nickb]

Word is that they're trying to comply with Patriot Act and wiretapping provisions. Since Skype's a P2P app, they need to somehow capture all these conversations.

[veritas → nickb]

This is my best guess too. Damn wiretapping. I've been cut off for 2 days now. At least I get more work done... or get more YC News read.

[pg]

Now that they're owned by EBay, maybe they should have scheduled downtime once a week.

[kf → pg]

I don't get it.

[staunch → kf]

Ebay had(?) long scheduled downtime every Wednesday for maintenance. Pretty sad that a tech company could succumb to such mediocrity.

[mpc → staunch]

People don't use the internet in the middle of the night ;)

[kf → staunch]

:) Thanks

[budu3]

I wish they could explain further what caused the outage. I think it'll help in future designs of p2p networks.

[far33d]

Can anyone think of an example of another equally successful service having this much downtime?