[LINK] Skype and VoIP

[Ivan Trundle]

On 17/08/2007, at 2:48 PM, Paul Brooks wrote:

> Stilgherrian wrote:
>> On 17/8/07 9:04 AM, "Ivan Trundle" <ivan at itrundle.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You're right, though, Stil - but in this instance, millions of  
>>> people
>>> have been affected by the outage, whereas the examples you've quoted
>>> aren't quite so omnipresent in their impact.
>>>
>>> Our expectations are often tempered by track records: my  
>>> neighbour is
>>> without heating - again - for another week because of an equipment
>>> failure, but on past experience, he shrugs and says 'it'll be fixed
>>> eventually'.
>>>
>>
>> This is true enough. However the "experience" is often based on  
>> "my personal
>> experience so far" rather than the overall reality.
>>
>> An example is hard disc failure. Many people happily continue with  
>> no data
>> backups because the hard drive has worked perfectly so far. Of  
>> course, it
>> can fail completely, and without warning.
>>
> Was I the only one that picked up an an additional line in Stil's  
> original message:
>
> >  (I updated my Skype yesterday with a new beta - what a big snafu.)
>
> A new BETA? is it really reasonable to question if something is not  
> ready for prime-time, when its at Beta-test stage?

It was actually me that installed the beta, but that's not what  
caused the outage (it was in the software algorithms that they wrote  
for their server, not the client).

There is still no resolution at this moment, though they claim it to  
be 'slightly better off'.

http://heartbeat.skype.com/

(Nice page, but essentially useless)

iT