Skype Network Issue - Except for Business Users

Skype is currently unusable in our East Coast USA location over the Verizon FIOS network. The symptom is a failure to connect, even if already logged in.

The Windows client does not suggest the Heartbeat site for status, but here it is anyway. Nor does it send a notification of the outage to users by email or text.

Skype Heartbeat reports:

Skype Heartbeat Announcement

The symptom in the Skype Windows client presents itself as:

Skype Windows Connect Fail

Lastly, here's the information provided via Twitter:

Technical Error, No ETA but Check Twitter

Screenshot from SocialOomph

A technical outage of some kind. ErrorProcessing says: (1) No ETA; (2) No suggested workarounds; (3) No links to help pages or status pages.

"System Unavailable" - But Not Really

This glitch (22 March 2009) with a recently updated Schwab website appeared to be caused by a difference in how workflow was conducted to authorize ACH transfers between a Schwab account and non-Schwab accounts. The CSR was able to straighten it out by changing the order in which screens were traversed. It most certainly was not because the system had become suddenly "unavailable."