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Very spooky. Same here. Couldn't reach any sites outside of my ISPs. Even Google wasn't there :(

Anyone know whats up ? I tested UK, USA, Aus and Jap sites and there was nothing....

Cheers

Ian

yes all went dead !!

yup all i could get was scooobynet, couldn't even access my titan hosted site which is also my primary and secondary dns, looks likes googles gone again aswell :eek:

Si

not here its not (London) :confused:

Just about the only site that works for me at the moment is Scoobynet. I'm on NTL broadband, Northampton.

Same here, and is really slow even on broadband

virus reports tomorrow?!!

more peeps here also : http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...hreadid=275387

Perhaps a lot of dos attacks are happening?

Same here, scoobynet only and very slow :( even on bb

Yup - problems with websites and FTP also. POP email seems to be OK.

Demon Internet stopped passing packets over 1400 bytes for about four hours this afternoon. Nearly drove us nuts: ping & traceroute etc fine, but anything else was a waste of time. Any relevance?

Pipex have been having troubles this afternoon... Their service page says...

A major backbone link between the UK and USA is down.

The backbone problem is affecting several UK ISPs, including PIPEX, and is likely to result in slow or intermittent connectivity to US sites. Routing through the UK part of the network is also likely to be affected.

They're also having other network routing issues, but that's limited to pipex customers

Pipex Status page here

Cheers,
nick.

broadband was off today here too falkirk airdrie coatbridge cumbernauld :(

Strange how Pipex had problems but they run on my companies network and we didnt have any transatlantic issues today......

Simon.

Friend of mine uses Freeserve broadband was useless all night tonight,
I'm on BT Openworld Broadband and havn't had a problem.

Both of NTL's DNS servers are knackered (again !), all packages are affected.
They've been stuffed from about 16:30 today.

Quote:

DNS - affecting all internet packages
Due to a major server outage, ntl:home internet customers on all packages may currently be experiencing problems with ALL internet access, including web browsing, email, ftp and newsgroups.

Our engineers are currently investigating and hope to resolve this issue as soon as possible.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Please note that due to the nature of this outage our technical support lines are much busier than normal, resulting in long wait times on all lines. If you suspect this issue affects you, please check this page or the ntlworld server status line on 0800 052 4315 for updates

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34204.html

A damaged undersea transatlantic cable is being blamed for causing havoc for Net and phone users in the UK last night.

A number of ISPs are understood to have been hit by the problem, which surfaced (the problem, not the cable) yesterday afternoon at around 4pm.

The cable - which is owned by a consortium of telcos - is believed to have hit a snag (figuratively speaking, of course) somewhere off the French coast. France Telecom, which is responsible for that section of cable, is sending a boat out to examine the damage.

At this stage it's not known exactly what the damage is or what caused it. However, the effects of the incident were felt in the UK last night.

BT has confirmed that some of its voice services were hit by the outage, while NTL blamed the cable problem for downing its Net service - including web browsing, email, ftp and newsgroups - for around eight hours.

The service was back up and running by around 1am today, although the cableco has conceded that some punters may still be suffering problems this morning.

Telewest confirmed that its customers also experienced difficulties accessing email and personal webspace for around four hours. Although it's still investigating the matter, a spokesman acknowledged that the problems could be a result of the damaged cable.

And Tiscali said it was unaffected by the incident, although some of its punters may have found accessing US-based sites slower than usual