MS Chat Servers.... down for the count?

[Steve Howland]

Is anybody able to connect to the chat servers? I can't use any variation
of the irc.msn.com, mschat.msn.com, comicsrv.microsoft.com or the numeric IP
addresses.

Maybe they finally gave up! The lag lately has been unbearable and I've yet
to find #Collective open and staffed. It's a shame that the server staff
can't keep their own product running in tip top shape! Makes Microsoft
Exchange and unfortunately Microsoft Chat suffer. Lets all hope they can
get the dang servers running right. The people in charge of Microsoft's
image probably have no idea how this looks to the average user.

Free for not this type of service is unacceptable, and I hope that Microsoft
does something about this. People know I'm a strong believer of MSChat so
I'm not just bashing.

Steve

MS Chat Sites:
Unofficial Add-On Site: http://www.dido.com/chat/
Microsoft Chat Site: http://www.microsoft.com/chat/
Support: http://support.microsoft.com/support/c.asp
Chat Newsgroup news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internet.mschat

[hally]

Hi Steve;
I just got into irc.msn.com....took about two minutes to connect. Your
room is kinda empty ;-)
<sigh> I agree...they really should fix it .

hally
Steve Howland wrote in message ...

[Steve Howland]

LOL at least you got on... each connection on mine died... Humm conspiracy?
lol

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