Small Businesses Feel the Pain as RingCentral Goes Down

, a virtual phone service with plans for small businesses, is down this morning, causing headaches for many businesses across the country. This development comes as both consumers and businesses struggle to communicate without Skype, which is down this morning as well. Benzinga is among the organizations that use Skype and RingCentral on a daily basis. When we questioned RingCentral on the matter, Benjamin (a Level 2 support manager) said that he did not have any concrete information as to when the service would be up and running. “The engineers are aware of this,” he said. “When they provide us with an ETA we'll provide you with that. We don't want to provide you with any false information.” Skype was not immediately available for comment.