Skype down … grrr

Dear Skype, you were so reliable up until today.

Seems as though Skype’s network is down and they say it’s a P2P software issue.

I first tried calling my ISP, Cox, to see if they had recently blocked ports required by Skype. Funny thing was, when I finally got to a human and explained the problem, the guy hung up on me! Coincidence? Not sure…

I checked Google News and the hits there showed the issue was on Skype’s end.

My Skype line isn’t crucial for my work, although I’m feeling some anxiety not being connected. I sure do feel sorry for companies that use Skype and are more phone-phocused.

Skype’s blog post says 12-24 hours … we’ll see.