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Skype shuts down
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nytimes.com
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budu3
on Aug 17, 2007
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nickb
on Aug 17, 2007
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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
on Aug 17, 2007
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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.
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on Aug 17, 2007
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Now that they're owned by EBay, maybe they should have scheduled downtime once a week.
kf
on Aug 17, 2007
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I don't get it.
staunch
on Aug 18, 2007
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Ebay had(?) long scheduled downtime every Wednesday for maintenance. Pretty sad that a tech company could succumb to such mediocrity.
mpc
on Aug 18, 2007
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People don't use the internet in the middle of the night ;)
kf
on Aug 18, 2007
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:) Thanks
budu3
on Aug 17, 2007
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I wish they could explain further what caused the outage. I think it'll help in future designs of p2p networks.
far33d
on Aug 17, 2007
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Can anyone think of an example of another equally successful service having this much downtime?
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