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Skype is an instant messaging app that provides online text message and video chat services. Users may transmit both text and video messages and may exchange digital documents such as images, text, and video. Skype allows video conference calls.
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Skype Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Nadine O'Regan
(@NadineORegan) reported
@alanswan Skype can be very fiddly. People often seem to have trouble locating other people on it -- Zoom is just an all-round better platform.
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Allan Westview "UBI Now!"
(@Westview_Al) reported
@ServiceCanada_E @CanRevAgency No problem, I'll just stay up late and call at your convenience to ask if you'd please do your jobs. Now do I use my cell which is on a pay-as-I-go plan so I use minutes even if a collect call, or should I use Skype so I use minutes even if collect call?
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🌱it goes over the nose also🦧
(@Uberutang) reported
@dawid22 and at least you can skype, whatsapp call etc. When my wife left for UAE in 2016 I had to stay behind a few months and we did not know that they block those there... it was terrible.
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Lucas
(@LuCactusVG) reported
@TheeMarkZ Mark you may have to go into camera settings and give Skype permission from Windows settings. I had an online meeting a few months ago on an old PC and had this issue.
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Charli
(@charlixoxo8) reported
@maevemarsden I speak to my 83 year old mother every Sunday on Skype and it’s just crazy over there She complains about people not following the rules and then in the next breath she is talking about going out for a ride on the bus. I think the lack of consistent messaging doesn’t help either
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Helen Unger Clark 🇪🇸 al 🇺🇲
(@HelenUngerClark) reported
@translationtalk I'm having this issue now and I'm not quite sure why. I used to be able to skype with no problem. However, I can no longer use my home connection to use Skype or Zoom. I have to use my cellphone! It's a huge issue for me.
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Victoria Tazzyman
(@VE_Technical) reported
I have a Teams meeting at 10.45 and I'm using a five year old Mac... I sat down at 10.10... After 35 minutes of failed attempts and spinning beachballs I've had to log in as guest because I apparently don't exist. Whatever was wrong with Skype? Skype worked perfectly fine!
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Gofer
(@gofer_1) reported
Why oh why do Sly TV insist on using Skype to interview people via Skype, it is by far the worst of ALL chat systems available. No other service uses such dated systems, suffering from voices out of sync, frozen screens and people. Invest in modern technology!!
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Neyhpool
(@neyhpool) reported
@KryckIund When Xbox live was out it did alot of early streaming stuff before Netflix, and Skype (Discord now a days) got big, but now that they are. Online service really can't offer anything I don't have. Looking at Nintendo's online is the biggest reason paying for online is a sad joke.
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தமிழ்ப்பறவை
(@tparaval) reported
@nkchandar @gladiyes @DrTRM Actually I connected my PC with google home speaker via BT. So if I add mic to skype output, problem will solved. Ordered one mic for 240 rs. Hope it will work. Will update
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Alain Proviste
(@proviste) reported
@Skype Could Skype STOP messing with my microphone settings at Windows level ? This is insanity, it's a terrible UX. And I have to fix the Skype settings PER USER, and it has been refixed like every week PER USER. I would never use this thing if I had a choice
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MontaigneMaths
(@MontaigneMaths) reported
@SkypeSupport hi, if I start a free conf call Is there a way to terminate the call so no one else can join into it going forward? eg/. teacher sends help desk link out in the morning but then wants to end it (or stop people joining) at the end of sch day? Thanks.
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academy award winner cat norton
(@motelcowgirl) reported
@Juelz13x dude if i'm having trouble making a phone call what the hell makes you think I could go on a skype call with a stranger? lmaoooo
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A.D.
(@elasticretreat) reported
@ecommerceshares I don’t think network effects work *as powerfully* in p2p as they do in broadcast/social. The original issue you’ve highlighted is the right one — execution risk from mgmt. Skype didn’t evolve for years (like Twitter) and an objectively superior product came along.
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Stephanie
(@TCKPonders) reported
@stewardbank Whatsapps are not going through, skype is not being picked up, DMs are going unanswered. Really pathetic service
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Staalinthefamily
(@thebeatle02) reported
@_Jean__Valjean @kerri_HD @adrianraee Lol I wouldn’t go that far... the only scenes that work are the found footage. Otherwise you’ve got Vin Donofrio telling Ethan Klein “It looks like you’ve got a Baghoul problem on your hands there boss” over Skype. Riveting.
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Floris Hülsmann
(@floresco) reported
@dabitch Very hard to login on Skype with a Microsoft account. And hard to find the right account. Zoom uses account Numbers instead of names and has an easier login setup.
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Major-Android
(@Its_Major_A) reported
@ciruelapasa17 @makeupaguy right? I drop out of discord calls constantly despite having a full internet connection, but I never have that issue with skype unless I actually do have internet troubles
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Normcore Rockwell
(@holycalamity) reported
@dabitch Probably didn’t help that Microsoft is trying to get organizations to move from Skype to Teams.
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ᴘᴜᴅ333 #ap
(@pud333) reported
@BobDigi69 We've been using a messenger service through Skype for business which IMO is better. But management loves these dumb emails. I get It, they're busy, gotta reach a bunch of staff quickly, but the people replying don't know when to use reply all and when not to.
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Davina Lytle
(@davinalytle) reported
The problem with this lockdown is there are people with mental illness that are totally cut off from the rest of the world because we don't have access to things like #Skype or #Zoom. @AlexRuff17 @JustinTrudeau
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Charles Austin A Man Barely Alive
(@CharlesAMuir) reported
Just saw that I can get a custom vid on Cameo from Lee Majors for a whopping $299. For that much I expect a Skype session where he strips down from his track suit while I scream at him in my Andre the Giant Bigfoot costume.
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👁👁
(@xAksax) reported
Omg Skype’s not working! Wth?
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Fred Johns
(@freddjohns) reported
@dabitch Skype for business is still beyond beyond terrible awful. Even if i download their pos widget on my computer it doesnt work. It hasnt changed in 5 years.
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michelle💚 ミ☆ 18 DAYS
(@velvetglamberts) reported
I don’t remember how to use Skype bc I’ve only used it 3 times in the past. Now I have to use it for a meeting and idk now to join the meeting. Help
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Sean Bamforth
(@seanbamforth) reported
@dabitch Another thing. Skype was two products. Consumer Skype was ok, but business Skype cost too much and was terrible. Every time someone told a manager to use Skype in their business, they'd choose the wrong one.
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Ask Wells Fargo
(@Ask_WellsFargo) reported
@joseeramirez Hello Jose, we currently don't have a way to send access codes via email. If a traditional phone call isn't possible you can also try to call us using the internet. Simply choose a VoIP service provider such as Skype, Google Hang outs, Viber, etc. then dial 1-800-956-4442. -Lacie
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Christen Casey akaCC
(@CC_tweeets) reported
@tapairportugal Need help to reschedule our flight. All numbers are not available, including Skype. I cannot cancel via website, it says error API error 50. Please respond #asap
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J. M. Smig
(@JMSmig) reported
Bye bye, @Xfinity. I don't need full service. I'll live without a remote pass. Bye bye, @Microsoft. All the calls that Skype missed or misforwarded & now I need your Edge browser to access my settings. Should have dumped you as soon as you ended free service. Good riddance.
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Oliver Budworth
(@oliverbudworth) reported
@dabitch Skype in any form is dire. Zoom is decent. Also, the sound quality on zoom is way ahead of any competitor (teams sound is terrible for instance). Zoom is like the Ronseal of the video calling world.