Let the Fail Whale jokes begin.

I&'ve been using Google Voice on a daily basis for around a year now, and the last month has been by far the worst in terms of connectivity issues. a4s��Right now, it looks like the service is having yet another outage �a4���a4� both Michael Arrington and I are having problems, and other users on Twitter are having them as well. Outbound calls ring endlessly (and sometimes get a &''This Call Cannot Be Completed&'' error message)' inbound calls don&'t get through.

Update: As of 4:10 PM PST Google says the problems have been resolved. Looks like there were at least 90 minutes of downtime.

We&'ve reached out to Google to find out how many people are being affected and when we can expect a fix. Update: Google has given us this statement for now: &''We&'re aware of a problem that&'s affecting some users, and we&'re working to resolve it quickly.&'' &''

As I said, this is only the latest in a string of recent problems. There was downtime on November 2 and again on Novembera4s��5.a4s��It&'s really getting to a point that&'s beyond acceptable, and I may soon have to start handing out my &8216'real&' phone number for mission-critical tasks. People rely on their phones for their most urgent business and personal matters �a4���a4� if you want to be a phone company you can&'t go down.