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Google Hangouts, Gmail Chat and Google Spreadsheets Go Down

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Re: Google Hangouts, Gmail Chat and Google Spreadsheets Go Down

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Amusingly, with Hangouts down, Skype video chats have become unusable. Time to move to Jitsi[1]? [1] https://jitsi.org/

The nice thing about WebRTC is that video chat services have exploded. I've been using https://appear.in/ lately. It couldn't be simpler to start group video chats.

Re: Google Hangouts, Gmail Chat and Google Spreadsheets Go Down

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post #17

So here's something interesting: http://i.imgur.com/5ek8L9X.png When I send or receive an email, it's exactly 1 hour behind. Wonder if it's related.

Most likely just messed up timezones. It's the season for that (we're in the magical 3 week or so period where DST is applied in the US but not yet in Europe).

That's a valid guess but we're seeing it intermittently in the office which is why I raised it.

Re: Google Hangouts, Gmail Chat and Google Spreadsheets Go Down

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://www.google.com/appsstatus

thanks. i've actually never seen this before. does the status appear as orange semi-circles for anyone else? it looks intentional based on the source, but semi-circles are not in the legend at the bottom. wonder if it's based on how long it's been down, or the number of affected instances or something else...

Semi-circle = issue is not fully resolved yet.

Re: Google Hangouts, Gmail Chat and Google Spreadsheets Go Down

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Just got an email from Google on my grandfathered free Apps account encouraging me to upgrade to "ensure 99.9% uptime". Excellent timing, guys.

Same here. Coincidence? I think not. They even added details about how much Drive data I have, a passive threat that it might not be safe if I don't cough up for the paid account.

Re: Google Hangouts, Gmail Chat and Google Spreadsheets Go Down

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post #16

Amusingly, with Hangouts down, Skype video chats have become unusable. Time to move to Jitsi[1]? [1] https://jitsi.org/

The nice thing about WebRTC is that video chat services have exploded. I've been using https://appear.in/ lately. It couldn't be simpler to start group video chats.

How do these typically compare to Skype or Hangouts in terms of video and sound quality?
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