Outage. Part of the net.

[Don Saklad]

Would there be any kind of an outage of a
part of the net going on now?... if so, what's happening?

[Dick Margulis]

Post by Don Saklad
Would there be any kind of an outage of a
part of the net going on now?... if so, what's happening?

I'm unable to reach any Google sites (search, blogspot, AdWords,
AdSense) and have been, intermittently, all morning. That doesn't seem
like a problem with the Internet; it seems like a problem with Google. YMMV.

[Don Saklad]

Also http://www.bostonherald.com didn't work !

What web link or links have reports
on outages around parts of the net?...

[D. Kirkpatrick]

Post by Don Saklad
What web link or links have reports
on outages around parts of the net?...

I experienced a form of outage myself on Monday and was unable to
reach anything west of the Mississippi - or so it seemed.

I use Verizon for connectivity.

Lats night at midnight I lost my DSL signal and tried rebooting but it
remained down. This morning when I tried again (6 am or so) it was
running fine.

Any number of problems might manifest the same thing.

But Monday things were flakey for sure.

[c***@gmail.com]

Post by Don Saklad
Also http://www.bostonherald.com didn't work !
What web link or links have reports
on outages around parts of the net?...

No problems here. There were problems I had with groups.google.com
earlier. Are we inside a PKDick novel? Any hackers mad at you, Don?


C.C.

[Barry Margolin]

Post by c***@gmail.com

Post by Don Saklad
Also http://www.bostonherald.com didn't work !
What web link or links have reports
on outages around parts of the net?...

No problems here. There were problems I had with groups.google.com
earlier. Are we inside a PKDick novel? Any hackers mad at you, Don?

A number of people posted in the Comcast forums that they weren't able
to access Google today. The following was posted by moderator GeoffG
this evening:

There was a hardware problem with one of our DNS (Domain Name Server)*
servers in New England today, which prevented some customers in that
region from connecting to some Web sites for a brief period of time. 
This was an isolated and random issue which we quickly resolved. As soon
as we became aware, we took this server offline for repair, and
redirected Web site requests to an alternate server. 

Comcast apologizes for any inconvenience this problem may have caused.
Our goal is to provide a superior Internet experience for our customers,
which includes being able to access all of the Web sites of their
choice. 

* DNS is essentially a database that links Web site urls that a user
types into his/her browser (e.g., www.comcast.net), to a specific IP
address, such as 123.456.789.1.

[Don Saklad]

Thank you Barry Margolin !... see also
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16976377~fmode=nest~days=10
http://news.com.com/2061-11516_3-6119636.html?part=rss&tag=6119636&subj=news
http://www.bostonist.com/archives/2006/09/26/its_not_firefox_its_comcastic_.php

[D. Kirkpatrick]

Post by Barry Margolin
Comcast apologizes for any inconvenience this problem may have caused.
Our goal is to provide a superior Internet experience for our customers,
which includes being able to access all of the Web sites of their
choice. 

OK, but I'm on VOL.

Well, its a non-issue at this point.

[Peter T Davis]

Post by Don Saklad
Would there be any kind of an outage of a
part of the net going on now?... if so, what's happening?

I'm unable to reach any Google sites (search, blogspot, AdWords, AdSense)
and have been, intermittently, all morning. That doesn't seem like a
problem with the Internet; it seems like a problem with Google. YMMV.

Same here, they've been out all day.

[D. Kirkpatrick]

I'm unable to reach any Google sites (search, blogspot, AdWords, AdSense)
and have been, intermittently, all morning. That doesn't seem like a
problem with the Internet; it seems like a problem with Google. YMMV.

TV News did announce a Google outage that day but that does not speak
to other sites being inaccessible.

[Cheryl Isaak]

Post by Don Saklad
Would there be any kind of an outage of a
part of the net going on now?... if so, what's happening?

No troubles here today in southern NH
C

[Pete from Boston]

Post by Don Saklad
Would there be any kind of an outage of a
part of the net going on now?... if so, what's happening?

Judging by the reaction to a lot of your posts, I'd say outrage is
definitely a part of the net.

Oh, OUTAGE... sorry.