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Title: Oh how I hate Level3!
Post by: Bizman on January 07, 2018, 06:46:02 AM: For the last six hours or so I wasn't able to get to the forums. It appeared that there was a major loss between Level3 Sweden and Level3 New York. Who would have guessed! :furious

I wonder what caused so much traffic across the Atlantic that a simple website could not fit in. Out of curiosity I tried to find some other US based server to ping and actually found some with similar results: Too long response time.
Title: Re: Oh how I hate Level3!
Post by: Lusche on January 07, 2018, 07:08:54 AM: Quote from: Bizman on January 07, 2018, 06:46:02 AM
For the last six hours or so I wasn't able to get to the forums. It appeared that there was a major loss between Level3 Sweden and Level3 New York.

Wasn't just between Sweden and New York, couldn't get a connection from Germany either.
Title: Re: Oh how I hate Level3!
Post by: Arlo on January 07, 2018, 07:23:49 AM: Texas here. Guess what? Down, as well.
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Post by: pallero on January 07, 2018, 07:28:15 AM: It has begun...
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Post by: ImADot on January 07, 2018, 07:33:42 AM: American football playoffs? Too bad there's no class action lawsuit against Level3 for their well-known overselling and under-providing.
Title: Re: Oh how I hate Level3!
Post by: Bruv119 on January 07, 2018, 07:39:36 AM: dont you mean century link?
Title: Re: Oh how I hate Level3!
Post by: Skuzzy on January 07, 2018, 08:19:10 AM: I could net get here either. Drove into the office to see what was up. Everything seemed normal. By the time I got back home, it was working again.

Welcome to the winter wonderland of the Internet. Outages, outages, outages. Re-routing is a way of life for the icy parts of the U.S., this time of year.
Title: Re: Oh how I hate Level3!
Post by: zack1234 on January 07, 2018, 08:45:58 AM: Everyone is looking at the weather
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Post by: Kanth on January 07, 2018, 09:06:35 AM: Ohio, same here
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Post by: Nefarious on January 07, 2018, 09:31:29 AM: Before I went to bed last night, the BBS was not loading. Working fine here now, it's finally above 0 F.
Title: Re: Oh how I hate Level3!
Post by: 100Coogn on January 07, 2018, 10:00:15 AM: Was out for me as well. (Michigan)
I checked the URL address on IsItDown (http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/) and the results were that it was down for everyone.

Coogan
Title: Re: Oh how I hate Level3!
Post by: Drano on January 07, 2018, 10:33:53 AM: Yeah I was trying too from Delaware. Was unable to connect late evening. Must have been something local to the forums as I didn't seem to have any issues with other sites.

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Title: Re: Oh how I hate Level3!
Post by: Bizman on January 07, 2018, 10:44:45 AM: Quote from: Bruv119 on January 07, 2018, 07:39:36 AM
dont you mean century link?

The parent company? The IP addresses told Level3. It seems their servers are doing the Transatlantic transfer for my ISP, starting either from Sweden or Ireland and ending to their New York server.

Lusche, I don't know which route Germany takes across the pond. Maps show both direct and indirect routes.
Title: Re: Oh how I hate Level3!
Post by: Skuzzy on January 07, 2018, 11:07:56 AM: If the BBS server becomes unreachable, then you would not be able to log into the game as that server is on the same network.

I suspect a DoS attack, of some sort, but will do more research when I get back into the office.
Title: Re: Oh how I hate Level3!
Post by: Vraciu on January 07, 2018, 12:13:36 PM: Quote from: Arlo on January 07, 2018, 07:23:49 AM
Texas here. Guess what? Down, as well.

Right next door to HTC HQ and I had the same issue.
Title: Re: Oh how I hate Level3!
Post by: morfiend on January 07, 2018, 01:26:33 PM: Here I thought it was so cold my computer froze! :bolt:

:salute
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Post by: Meatwad on January 07, 2018, 02:52:59 PM: Voss :noid
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Post by: 1stpar3 on January 07, 2018, 04:06:54 PM: Same, BBS wise anyway. Tried a few times early AM, BUT logged in to game as smooth as normal. :headscratch: