ICQ down? Alternatives?

[Choker Support]

Originally Posted by urb

Since I can remember ICQ has been very popular with people in this business.

Over the last year I've found ICQ to be increasingly unreliable, and now it seems to be having some major technical issues (last 24 hours), what would you say are the alternatives?

Gmail all the way. They have that chat feature that allows you to chat with other people who have gmail. It's also not so obtrusive.