Drudge Report

[Democrat for Bush]

Has Matt's site crashed? Haven't been able to bring it up for two or three hours.

[tiredoflaundry]

No, RR is having some sort of system problem.

[jbstrick]

Matt's beeber is out of sync.

[Cableguy]

I am in Torrance, and on Roadrunner. I never really had problems with Drudge before. I kind of miss it now that I can't connect to it.

[NixonsAngryGhost]

Anybody else using RR and having problems?

ditto

[pro610]

There is no Drudge on RR here either west of Albany.

[MollysMom]

No Drudge on RR in NYC. No Weather Underground either (www.wunderground.com). Tried Photobucket too and can't get there either.

[NixonsAngryGhost]

Cannot stream WABC radio either...........http://www.wabcradio.com/

[pro610]

Yikes! Its the liberals 911 attack on conservatives.
LOL!

[Phsstpok]

RR in Memphis problems with Drudge as well. Works fine from work.

Network status report on RR at Timewarner/Midsouth

Red
10/5/2005 9:34:34 AM

ALL DIVISIONS

Road Runner is currently experiencing issues with Internet connectivity. Subscribers in the affected area(s) may have no connection to the Internet or latency/slow connectivity. Our engineers are working quickly to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Red
10/5/2005 8:53:06 AM

ROAD RUNNER

Road Runner is currently experiencing issues with Internet connectivity. Subscribers in the affected area(s) may have no connection to the Internet or latency/slow connectivity. Our engineers are working quickly to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

appears to include DNS problems

[Desert_Girl]

I use RR and haven't been able to get to drudge all day long.

[dgallo51]

Thanks! I needed that! I owe you one.

[beaware]

Roadrunner connection here in Orlando- Also Missing Matt's Page.

Could someone go and "ping" his site to give us an IP address? I wonder if we would put that address into the web browser and thus be able to link up...

Thanks!

[Windsong]

Matt Drudge the Sludge crashed many eons ago...and is pro-homo. Surprise surprise..

[tortoise]

There is a currently a peering war going on for the Internet backbone between Cogent and Level3. What this means in practical terms is that the Internet has fragmented into smaller subnetworks depending on where you are on the broader network.

The practical consequence is that significant sections of the Internet no longer exist from the perspective of your upstream router. This is not a failure per se, it is the result of two Tier-1 network operators refusing to acknowledge the existence of the other and dumping those network routes into /dev/null.

[tortoise]

There is an open war between two Tier-1 network providers on the peering fabrics. Depending on who your upstream network is, you may or may not be able to see parts of the Internet.

It is neither a DNS problem or really even an ISP problem -- it is an intentionally created rift in the backbone by two powerful factions who decided to play a game of chicken with each other using the Internet.

[tortoise]

I use RR and haven't been able to get to drudge all day long.

Drudge is fine, but there is a war on the peering fabrics between major networks that has turned ugly. Depending on the details of your connection, you may not be able to get to Drudge even if his site is up. The effect of this problem is that parts of the Internet no longer exist as far as your router is concerned, which may include Drudge's site.

[dgallo51]

I'm on RR in MN, and have tried every suggestion from clearing my cache, rebooting, you name it. I still can't connect…I suspect it's regional ISP problems, as I can get just about everything else except The Great One on WABC Radio's stream. Must be either an attack or some servers are down.

[beaware]

His IP address is: 38.113.207.198
However, that doesn't give us anything either- Doing a Tracert dies at Verio.atdn.net [66.185.140.242]

[TC Rider]

Anybody else using RR and having problems?

Yep, can't get it at through RR in Raleigh, NC area.

[Lee'sGhost]

Hmmm. . . was able to get to Druge at work, but now that I'm at home and on RR -- no connection.