Zoom down: Thousands left unable to make video calls as service hit by huge outage

If you happen to’re making an attempt and failing to make a Zoom name right this moment you aren’t alone. The chat app is at the moment down and never working with 1000’s of reviews flooding in from throughout the UK. Issues seem to have gone offline round 3.15 pm BST with the gremlins nonetheless ongoing. This large outage couldn’t have come at a worse time for UK employees with many staying at dwelling right this moment because of the nationwide rail strike. This will have positioned added pressure on Zoom’s video community though there is no official phrase on what’s inflicting the issues.

Unbiased outage monitor Down Detector, which tracks points throughout the online, is at the moment displaying an enormous spike in Zoom down reviews with the overwhelming majority of points surrounding on-line connectivity issues. On the time of writing over 1,000 reviews per minute are flooding in.

Together with Down Detector issuing an alert, Zoom customers have additionally flocked to social media platforms to vent their frustration.

Talking on Twitter, one consumer referred to as Christina, mentioned: “That is going to be a enjoyable day of hybrid work with Zoom down!”

One other, named Thomas, requested: “Hello, I can’t be a part of Zoom proper now. Is Zoom server down now?”

Some Zoom prospects have additionally posted screenshots on-line that seem to indicate the app consistently displaying a spinning wheel however by no means connecting.

Zoom is but to make an announcement on the outage however Categorical.co.uk will replace this story once we hear extra.

It is not simply Zoom struggling beneath the stress with Outlook customers additionally affected by gremlins right this moment. Many have suffered from delays in sending and receiving messages with Microsoft confirming that its servers have been struggling.

Posting a message on-line, the US tech agency mentioned: “Some customers could also be unable to entry their mailboxes through any connection methodology

“We have recognized that our site visitors administration infrastructure shouldn’t be working as anticipated. We’re persevering with to watch the service availability because it improves, whereas we decide the foundation trigger.”

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