Technology / Skype Skype Blackout Hits Millions Worldwide Firm says service slowing returning By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff Posted Dec 23, 2010 9:00 AM CST Copied In this Sept. 1, 2009 file photo, Ed Ho, right, demonstrates the online telecommunications service Skype with friend Daren Tsui, on screen, at Ho's home in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) Millions worldwide have been hit with a Skype outage that began yesterday, the BBC reports. The online communications service says that failed “supernodes,” which “act a bit like phone directories,” are at fault. Now, Skype is trying to build “mega-supernodes” to fix the issue. The company says service is slowly returning, with millions back online. (More Skype stories.) Report an error