A Skype outage Wednesday slashed millions of consumers’ link to the accepted wide-reaching network.

For many, it was similar to having their phone service slashed for the improved component of the day. Companies and individuals who depend on Skype misplaced their long distance and video chat access for much of the day.

The accepted VoIP program relies on “supernodes” to attach consumers with the network and each other. This coming Wednesday morning, big quantities of these supernodes went behind, stopping a lot of consumers from logging onto the Skype network.

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