SKYPE question, how is it when my internet is down I can still use Skype?

Question

SKYPE question, how is it when my internet is down I can still use Skype?

Answer 1

Your internet isn't down if you can use Skype.

In other words you can't.

Answer 2

that's not possible :S

Answer 3

skype uses the same connection, the only thing that might make a difference is if certain ports are not working, or your ISP has a partial outage, this would give the appearance of the internet not working, does your email also work when the internet does not?

Answer 4

It's possible.

Your machine is not being assigned an IP address. Skype uses UDP.