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ICQ down? Alternatives?
Since I can remember ICQ has been very popular with people in this business.
Over the last year I've found ICQ to be increasingly unreliable, and now it seems to be having some major technical issues (last 24 hours), what would you say are the alternatives?
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2007-04-11, 07:00 AM
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Trying is the first step towards failure
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Get something like trillian and add icq, msn, aim and yahoo and ask your VIPs to do the same, this way you will most likely always have one of them working.
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2007-04-11, 07:09 AM
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That which does not kill us, will try, try again.
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Same advice here. If you use a Mac, you can try Fire instead of Trillian and add all your icq, aim, msn, yahoo (and other) accounts. Of course, if everyone you know only uses icq, and icq itself is down, then you're still incommunicado until icq comes back up. But if they use some of the other services too, then you'll have a way to reach them. And it's nice having all chat services running in one client (like with Fire, Trillian, and some others).
HTH
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2007-04-11, 08:10 AM
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The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep
Join Date: Feb 2003
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It was down for me most of yesterday (MML as well) but it seems to be back to normal today.
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2007-04-11, 08:52 AM
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Lord help me, I'm just not that bright
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seems to be some problems again today
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2007-04-11, 09:08 AM
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Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know?
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trillian is not bad
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2007-04-11, 09:43 AM
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I hustle for Hustler
Join Date: Apr 2003
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I use Trillian but when Icq then icq is down on Trillian too.
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2007-04-11, 10:05 AM
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a.k.a. Sparky
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: West Palm Beach, FL, USA
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Skype has chat (and is encrypted)
I had the same problem with icq a few weeks back -- however, I couldn't find a list of alternate login servers. But, I couldn't log into icq's web site and manage my account, so, I doubt I could have logged in even with a separate login server. However, you can always use icq2go from their site IF you can log in on their server. Has a flash or java embedded icq client.
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2007-04-11, 10:17 AM
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Nothing funnier than the ridiculous faces you people make mid-coitus
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Same here -- Icq has been down since last night for me.. i blame bush.
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2007-04-11, 10:17 AM
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The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo)
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Doesn't Trillian use the ICQ servers? (meaning that if ICQ is fucked, Trillian will be fucked for ICQ contacts as well)
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2007-04-11, 10:31 AM
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Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West
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2007-04-11, 10:52 AM
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Torn and I started using Skype a few weeks ago and love it! We rarely use ICQ if we can help it. It very helpful when trying to conduct business with more then one person, we just conference them in.
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2007-04-13, 03:19 PM
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Heh Heh Heh! Lisa! Vampires are make believe, just like elves and gremlins and eskimos!
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Paltolk is good also
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2007-04-16, 07:16 AM
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I hustle for Hustler
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I never really liked Skype but I can't really put my finger on why.
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2007-04-16, 12:53 PM
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You can now put whatever you want in this space :)
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I use a program called QIP and have been using it for about 9 months now and I have noticed that it works a lot better then ICQ and I have never had a problem with it. It is set up exactly like ICQ and other then being connected better using it you won't see much difference
and they have neato keen skins too spaz
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2007-04-16, 03:54 PM
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2007-04-17, 04:59 PM
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Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know?
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Skype is working very well for me
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2007-04-22, 06:38 PM
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You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'
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Skype is great (maybe better) but ICQ will be no.1 for a long time in this industry
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2007-04-22, 09:15 PM
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Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Trillian Pro is a fantastic piece of software, I just wish they would add msn into fit or the few that still use it.
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2007-04-24, 06:39 AM
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Internet! Is that thing still around?
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I have been using ICQ for quite a long time and it has been giving me a headache sometimes but it is still the most popular one. Skype is more reliable but it has not that community feeling
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2007-04-24, 10:47 AM
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Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know?
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