justareader

Skype dispels outage rumors, still restoring service (Download Squad)

Aug 17th 2007 9:49AM "But why is it taking more than 24 hours to repair. And how can we be certain that it won't happen again?"

I can answer both of these questions:

1) It's taking more than 24 hours to repair, because Skype doesn't fully understand how to repair the damage yet.

2) You can't be certain it won't happen again; or even that Skype will exist at all. AT&T could purchase Skype and shut it down (or degrade it such that people abandon it.)

Tying your lifelines to internet-only services is a huge, huge mistake. Online email, file saving, communication ... all should be fallback, conveniences, to be used when it can be, but not relied upon for anything truly important.