Zoom down in UK and US

Users unable to log into meetings due to outages, which coincide with many students' return to education

Zoom users have reported intermittent outages with Zoom, the popular online meetings software which has leaped in popularity since the start of the pandemic.

Users report being unable to log in, seeing error messages such as "System can't login Zuora system (3,299)".

The company is responding to individual complaints on Twitter saying it is investigating the cause.

The site reveals that users in the US are experiencing the largest number of difficulties using Zoom at present, although Zoom calls in the UK and other parts of Europe are also affected. The outage started at around 1.30pm BST.

Source: Downdetector

The connectivity issues coincide with the return by many students around the world to school and university, with a large number continuing to learn remotely using platforms such as Zoom.

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We will update this story as it develops.

EDIT: 24 August 16.15 BST. Zoom says it is rolling out a fix for the problem.

"We are deploying a fix now. Service should be restored for some users and we're continuing to complete the fix for any users still impacted. We're sorry about the disruption. Follow http://status.zoom.us for updates."