Who broke the internets?

[Sapphocrat]

I'm logged in from an emergency AOL account because DU is dead to me -- literally -- from my broadband connection, and I know I'm not the only one who can't get in through a normal, grown-up connection. Likewise, I can't reach yahoo.com.

Hear tell there's a break in a backbone (which network, I'm not sure, but obviously not AOL's) in McLean, VA.

Anyone know what's going on?

[mike_c]

no worries for me, but my broadband phone connection is fluky...

...for long distance calls-- the first time in over three years I've had less than perfect service.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. My internet seems to be OK.

Maybe Ted Stevens can get you some new tubes. ;)

[Sapphocrat]

3. I'll just ask him to email me my own personal Internet. :D n/t

[Lex]

2. Perhaps you haven't heard, but

" . . . the Internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material."

:hi:

[Sapphocrat]

5. But... but...!

But the messaging service is essential to our operation of families!

[Bluebear]

8. A visual aid . . .

The Main Internets.

[Sapphocrat]

12. That's the problem!

I failed to don smart ladies' business attire before attempting to use a computing machine!

[Sydnie]

18. Lucy must have stuck a bobby pin in one of the connections

and Ethel can't find it to pull it out just yet.

[Bluebear]

21. "Contometer operator? PBX operator? Candy makers?"

"Yes THAT'S IT! We're candy makers!"

[lapfog_1]

26. I'm downloading all the porn ever created right now!

It's going to clog the tubes for days and days!

[KT2000]

28. Dump truck internets

were always better. I wish we could go back to them. The tube internets just aren't as good as the ol' dump trucks.

:cry:

[Sydnie]

4. Almost all of the links at yahoo are screwed up too

when I click on the link for a story, I get a link that looks like they left out a html tage somewhere because it is way too long and leads to a dead/can't find server page. My broadband seems to be working for me, but yahoo is not.

[Gregorian]

6. Quick! Somebody call a plumber!

:)

[Sapphocrat]

7. Just out of curiosity...

Everyone having problems: What part of the country are you in?

I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area (and a couple of people I know who can't get into DU are on the West Coast, too).

I have no idea why Yahoo would route through Virginia -- but I expect DU must be "walled" off to us westerners by virtue of proximity to McLean.

(...whereas AOL is in McLean.)

[Bluebear]

10. No yahoo here, New England

[Sydnie]

15. MASS - over on that other coast

:hi: Glad this tube is still working like a water slide for us though. :woohoo: :::splash:::

[Sapphocrat]

17. That explains it.

It's the RED STATES, damn it! ;)

[Left Is Write]

9. It was probably George Clooney, Barack Obama, and Keith Ellison.

They're all evil, you know.

And they were led by Nancy Pelosi.

[Wonk]

11. Hmm, uu.net is showing 100% packet loss

http://weather.ucr.edu/




And, on this other traffic report, there are a couple nodes showing 100% packet loss, mostly in Florida and Texas, but some in Wisconsin and Michigan.
http://www.internettrafficreport.com/namerica.htm

So, yes, someone broke something.

[Sapphocrat]

14. THANK YOU, Wonk!

I couldn't remember the ucr.edu URL to save my life! Bookmarking it again.

[Rex]

13. 'Smurf' DOS attack.

Popped up on my firewall a few hours ago.

[DianeG5385]

16. I've had serious issues this week

I thought it was my DSL connection, but as backup I also have cable modem and I am noticing what appears to me to be a concerted effort to slow the system down. I would not put it past this gov't to do this given Gingrich's call for restricting the internet due to "terrorism". We know it's a crock but damn! they hate it when we talk to each other and ignore their stupid talkin' points!! If someone is complicit in this, sue their butts!

[seabeyond]

19. we had about two hours of off and on service both net and cable

we were attributing it to the snow, though the snow is not really coming down that heavy. or the wind, though we have had worse. but has been up and fine for a half hour

[sandnsea]

20. Isn't that just a coinky-dink

Create enough backbone bottles for folks, and the wealthier ones will start clamoring for the elite tubes the phone company has been insisting they have to have to keep the internet running smoothly.

[jannyk]

22. My AT&T/SBC/Yahoo Broadband was down for

2 hours this afternoon (San Francisco). I did the whole reboot network, unplug modem thing and it wasn't me - it was them
:spank:

[Sapphocrat]

31. I've given up bouncing the modem when something goes wrong.

I should know better than to bother -- I used to be a help-desk slave too, and we'd give customers anything to do just to keep them busy until we figured out what the real problem was. LOL

[LSK]

23. maybe a DNS server you access is having problems

[Sapphocrat]

32. From what I understand...

Something barfed back east ("barfed" being the technical term, of course). I figure some stoned sysadmin spilled a Coke in the back of a server.

And, btw, everything is back to normal now, more or less. Yay!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

24. Seems very hesitant in Dallas Texas tonight

Lots of lag time while browsing

[bicentennial_baby]

25. it wasn't sniffa

that much has been established :D

[Sapphocrat]

30. I'm not so sure about that.

I was told that too many capital L's can stuff up the tubes which are the internets.

[johnaries]

27. You're on AOL? I'm so sorry.

AOL is a CONTENT provider not an internet provider. They can limit your access at will.

[Sapphocrat]

29. EMERGENCY account, I said, EMERGENCY account!

I keep it for my sister, whom I haven't yet been able to wean off AOL and onto a real provider. And then I steal it from her at times like this. LOL

Actually, I'm one of the very few people on the planet who's happy zipping along with Comcast broadband.

[Gwerlain]

33. Mmff, from Seattle/Eastside, looks OK.

Yahoo stock quotes, news, groups all good from here.

[Wonk]

34. Now it's F'd up for me. Takes over a minute to load any page anywhere

if it loads at all.

There's something goin round, like ripples in a pond.

[jannyk]

35. More like a fart in a spacesuit eom