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We almost got to see what Christmas was like before Skype, and it
wasn't pleasant. Of course, VOIP and videoconferencing will never
replace Grandma Pat's pizzelles, but the technology sure does make pre-
holiday planning a lot easier. For its part, Skype hasn't gone into
too much detail regarding the nature of its most recent outage
(something about "mega-supernodes"), although as of this writing group
video calling appears to be back and CEO Tony Bates has announced that
customers will be compensated for the interruption of service with
free and pay-as-you-go customers receiving credit for a free 30-minute
SkypeOut call to landlines, while paid subscribers will get a free
week of service. Keep an eye out on the Skype Blog for further
updates, and we'll keep our fingers crossed that this year we won't
have to learn what New Year's Eve is like without Chatroulette. As for
Skype itself, with the way they've been courting enterprise customers
they'll just be happy if this doesn't do too much damage to their
impending IPO.
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