Skype screws up and 10,000 London users lose their phone numbers

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Skype screws up and 10,000 London users lose their phone numbers

11-26-2007, 09:47 AM,

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Skype screws up and 10,000 London users lose their phone numbers

Quote:Skype, the internet telephone service owned by online auctioneer eBay, is facing a furious backlash from customers after admitting late last week that it will have to cut off 10,000 UK numbers just before Christmas.

Customers have been receiving e-mails from Skype, the largest supplier of internet phone lines in the UK, in the past few days saying they will have to change their numbers by December 20.

The numbers affected begin with 020 7870 and have been allocated to London customers. Skype is offering users a year's free subscription by way of recompense...

full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jh...ype125.xml

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