Skype Weak Connction Error | No service | Windwos Defender

After a cold boot Skype loads but it will not allow me to make calls.

When I try to make a call to a landline I get a error message "Your Connection is too weak."

I tested the connection and all seems well.

Earlier I had an experience where a Windows Defender update wiped out a cookie that authorized a financial institution to remember my computer ( that was the institution's explanation).

Today is Thanksgiving. Maybe Skype or the connections are overloaded?

Any thoughts on this

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Well Skype is working again. Still not sure what was going on with weak connection statement. MS- BS?