Skype users are scrambling to find an alternative after Microsoft shut down the pioneering internet phone service which let people make cheap long distance calls and chat with other users.

Microsoft's Skype has finally shut down, concluding its 22-year tenure as the once-dominant internet calling and messaging service.

"Goodbye Skype, hello Teams," the Skype website now reads. Those who still have an active subscription and Skype Credits can use the Skype Dial Pad to make calls to landlines and mobile numbers. Original Story 2/28: Farewell,