I Miss My Skype

By Mark Evans | Published: August 17, 2007

Skype’s still down. Unlike many people, I don’t people are going to lose their confidence in VoIP or Skype but it’s still frustrating not to be able to use Skype. For many people, the outage illustrates just how valuable Skype has become – something you can’t say about a lot of other Web-based services.

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  1. David Jenkins
    Posted August 18, 2007 at 4:46 pm | Permalink

    I must be lucky, mine has been working fine with no losses for days.

    Reply
  2. Chandan
    Posted August 18, 2007 at 5:40 pm | Permalink

    Hello Mark,

    I have been a regular reader of your blog and I just joined your community through MyBlogLog.

    May I suggest you an alternative – “damaka” (http://www.damaka.com). Its P2P, SIP-based, Audio, Video, IM, Conferencing, Sharing apps (Desktop, application and file sharing) and much more.

    Have a look at the product: http://www.damaka.com

    I’d be very interested in hearing your comments.

    Thanks,
    Chandan

    Reply

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