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This got me thinking, are there any major chat services that would go down if a particular AWS/GCP/etc data centre went down? You don't want your service to go

This got me thinking, are there any major chat services that would go down if a particular AWS/GCP/etc data centre went down? You don't want your service to go down, plus your team's comms at the same time.

DoctorOW 5y ago
Slack is pretty much full AWS, I've been switched over to Teams so I can't check.
- School-Cotton 5y ago
  My company's Slack instance is currently fine.
- rodiger 5y ago
  Slack is working fine for me
dahak27 5y ago
Especially if enough Amazon internal tools rely on it - would be funny if there were a repeat of the FB debacle where Amazon employees somehow couldn't communicate/get back into their offices because of the problem they were trying to fix
- School-Cotton 5y ago
  Last I knew, Amazon used all Microsoft stuff for business communication.
  - itsyaboi 5y ago
    Slack, as of last year. https://slack.com/blog/news/slack-aws-drive-development-agility https://slack.com/blog/news/slack-aws-drive-development-agil...
    - nostrebored 5y ago
      And before that, Amazon Chime was the messaging and conferencing tool. Now that I'm not using it, I actually miss it a lot!
      - manquer 5y ago
        Slack uses Chime for A/V under the hood so I don't think it is all that different for non text.[1] [1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/4/21280829/slack-amazon-aws-partnership-amazon-chime-voice-video-calls https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/4/21280829/slack-amazon-aws-...
      - shepherdjerred 5y ago
        I cried tears of joy when Amazon finally switched to Slack last year
tyre 5y ago
Slack going down is a godsend for developer productivity.
wizwit999 5y ago
You should multi region something like that.
perydell 5y ago
We have a SMS text thread with about 12 people that we send one message on the first of every month. To make sure it is tested and ready to be used for communications if all other comms networks are down.
ChadyWady 5y ago
I'm impressed but Amazon Chime still appears to be working right now. It's sad because this is the one service that could go down and be a net benefit.
milofeynman 5y ago
Remember when Facebook went down? Fb, Whatsapp, messenger, Instagram were all down. Don't know what they use internally

DoctorOW 5y ago

Slack is pretty much full AWS, I've been switched over to Teams so I can't check.

School-Cotton 5y ago
My company's Slack instance is currently fine.
rodiger 5y ago
Slack is working fine for me

dahak27 5y ago

Especially if enough Amazon internal tools rely on it - would be funny if there were a repeat of the FB debacle where Amazon employees somehow couldn't communicate/get back into their offices because of the problem they were trying to fix

School-Cotton 5y ago
Last I knew, Amazon used all Microsoft stuff for business communication.
- itsyaboi 5y ago
  Slack, as of last year. https://slack.com/blog/news/slack-aws-drive-development-agility https://slack.com/blog/news/slack-aws-drive-development-agil...
  - nostrebored 5y ago
    And before that, Amazon Chime was the messaging and conferencing tool. Now that I'm not using it, I actually miss it a lot!
    - manquer 5y ago
      Slack uses Chime for A/V under the hood so I don't think it is all that different for non text.[1] [1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/4/21280829/slack-amazon-aws-partnership-amazon-chime-voice-video-calls https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/4/21280829/slack-amazon-aws-...
    - shepherdjerred 5y ago
      I cried tears of joy when Amazon finally switched to Slack last year

tyre 5y ago

Slack going down is a godsend for developer productivity.

wizwit999 5y ago

You should multi region something like that.

perydell 5y ago

We have a SMS text thread with about 12 people that we send one message on the first of every month. To make sure it is tested and ready to be used for communications if all other comms networks are down.

ChadyWady 5y ago

I'm impressed but Amazon Chime still appears to be working right now. It's sad because this is the one service that could go down and be a net benefit.

milofeynman 5y ago

Remember when Facebook went down? Fb, Whatsapp, messenger, Instagram were all down. Don't know what they use internally