Now This Is Weird...

Self | 12/5/2010 | Brad Morris

[TruthBeforeAll]

I live in Central Illinois and for the last hour, Free Republic has been the only website I can access. No eBay, Weather, Paypal, Drudge Report, craigslist, youtube, not even my local bank. I get the "... can't find server" error. I can't even get email. But I seem to be able to access Free Republic just fine. I mean it's a good sign for when the end of the world begins. But for right now it's kind of frustrating.

[SunkenCiv]

Is there a problem?

[Theo]

Are you logged in?

[justkillingtime]

Knew that was coming....too bad you don’t live in Il.

[oldenuff2no]

Thanks for the post. You are a good bit south of me. Up here, north eastern cali, it just gets cold. A week ago I got up to -5. I was raised in the sierra nevada mountains. I’ve saw 25’ on the level a couple different years. Yep, ca is just one big beach!!!!!

[oldenuff2no]

Thanks for the post. You are a good bit south of me. Up here, north eastern cali, it just gets cold. A week ago I got up to -5. I was raised in the sierra nevada mountains. I’ve saw 25’ on the level a couple different years. Yep, ca is just one big beach!!!!!

[STARWISE]

Comcast Internet outage affecting Chicago area
December 5, 2010 9:56 PM

...

Comcast officials said a widespread Internet service outage was affecting the Chicago area, Northwest Indiana and Southwest Michigan tonight.

The outage of high-speed Internet started at 7:30 p.m., said Angie Amores, a Comcast spokeswoman. The cause was being investigated, she said.

Officials did not have an estimated time of when the service will be restored, Amores said.

Amores said that cable and phone service were not been affected. Corporate officials were using Twitter to update customers on developments on the outage, she said.

Rest here
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/12/comcast-internet-outage-affecting-chicago.html

[Jim Robinson]

Well, sombody's dog ate the connection.

[gunsequalfreedom]

I mean it's a good sign for when the end of the world begins.

At what altitude will an Ipad work? I hear they don't work at all underground.

[justkillingtime]

Thank you for update....I tried calling comcast...went straight to busy signal....not a good sign......lol

[builder]

We done stunned your beeber

[STARWISE]

LOL ...

[Conservative Tsunami]

Take a quick peak in your engine room. Are you low on Dilithium crystals?

You're welcome.

[STARWISE]

Yep .. I bet thousands have been calling.

Is it really cold .. could weather have
caused it?

[justkillingtime]

not sure...only 25 degrees... not that cold but 3 other households within 40 miles all went out at same time...yet I can still post here in real time....yet cant get to any other sites.... just this 1..hell..cant even read ur profile...strange

[STARWISE]

Here’s their Twitter addy, where they’re posting status updates.

http://www.twitter.com/comcastcares

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.@MichPositive yes we are working on it
16 minutes ago via web in reply to MichPositive

.@lansdown01 yes were aware no ETA as of yet
19 minutes ago via web in reply to lansdown01

.@HSchoegler yes
20 minutes ago via web in reply to HSchoegler

.@golfviews yes were aware and working on
24 minutes ago via web in reply to golfviews

.@DeeJM thats the same area
25 minutes ago via web in reply to DeeJM

.@y0mbo what area are you in?
28 minutes ago via web in reply to y0mbo

.@ChicagoTomTom known area outage we are working on the fix
32 minutes ago via web in reply to ChicagoTomTom

.@bsmoove email me details william_gerth@comcast.com
about 1 hour ago via web in reply to bsmoove

.@iamsocialite please do, i would like to make this right
about 1 hour ago via web in reply to iamsocialite

.@tedgruber email us account details and we can see what promos are available for you we_can_help@comcast.com
about 1 hour ago via web in reply to tedgruber

.@xterierk i did
about 1 hour ago via web in reply to xterierk

.@iamsocialite whats going on?
about 1 hour ago via web in reply to iamsocialite

.@MikeKodada LOL, awesome
about 1 hour ago via web in reply to MikeKodada

.@aaronmandersen Flooded, were working on the DNS issue
about 1 hour ago via web in reply to aaronmandersen

.@dlefevre23 yep were aware and working on
about 1 hour ago via web in reply to dlefevre23

[STARWISE]

Weird .. aliens ... LOL ..

[no-to-illegals]

if you are not here, then nowhere land is where you be.

[calex59]

Yeah, I’ve had people from out of state visit me in the winter and when I take them up to the Sierras they can’t believe the amount of snow on the ground.

[GOPJ]

I’m in Florida - everything’s fine here...

[Kickass Conservative]

I finally get a Samsung Droid Smartphone and everything goes to hell? Talk about bad timing.