Posted on 10/19/2013 7:30:35 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey
Internet users from Brooklyn to Philadelphia suffered slow to nonexistent service Saturday after equipment at a New York-area network hub broke down, disrupting service for several hours.
A spokesman for the Internet service provider Level 3 Communications Inc. LVLT +0.25% said technicians were working quickly to fix the outage, which cascaded down to customers using Cablevision Systems Corp.'s CVC -0.45% Optimum service and Time Warner Cable Inc., TWC -0.36% among others.
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For you geeks out there: is it possible for consevative rich guys to get together and buy a satellite so we’ll have internet just in case the gov ever tries to control it?
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love the Cracker Slacker War concept...
Saturday night — pr0n industry taking a hit...
Did somebody type “Google” into Google?
yes it does
oddly thats whats been said about the bamacare site...since it launched.
I’m not obsessed wth PROVING this is an undercover Demoralization Tactic but it timing does fit the ..”times”
They would just take over the dish to.
If the government takes over the internet and other means of communication. it will be the whole works.
ham radio’s and CBs will likely be the only option.
Hey this is just a “Glitch” just like Obamacare is a glitch and Obama’s presidency is a GIANT glitch
Forget it. He’s rolling.
Odd. It didn’t work for me with your link here, but it worked from Drudge.
Let’s try again:
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304864504579145813698584246
Nope. It works from Drudge but not from here. Does Drudge have a special deal with them?
now thats a strong possibility!!
Internet companies deal with equipment failures on a regular basis. “”Technicians usually keep spare parts nearby and can minimize the impact of replacing them by announcing the bad routes to other network operators.
It wasn’t immediately clear Saturday why traffic from cable subscribers in New York and New Jersey wasn’t rerouted around Level 3. Customers reported that some sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, were unavailable, while other Web addresses reached subscribers smoothly.””
the last Line....to ,my temporarily conspiritorial mind set...seems to fit the sort of social disruption that would be right up the regimes alley.
When and where is the grid down “test”?
The Federal F-ers are something.
Another government ‘shutdown’ would be a relief.
thats what I got..
access like that seems a TAD ODD doesnt it?
Hubs break, it’s an imperfect world.
I believe they DO.
I also believe....that if this was a simple break that barack obama and company are likely celebrating its having accomplished the sort of chaos they can appreciate....
What about the “route around” design of the pipes of the ‘net?
Can't IP packets be sent over same?
Just about any time. There’s nothing auspicious about having a geographically small portion of America losing internet after the shutdown, after they’ve taken the health exchange down and when no major elections are happening.
given this Access Issue occured on the FULL MOON when people are already dealing with a bit more stress I hafrta wonder
any cop will likely be gald to tell you a bit about social “unrest” during a full moon.
Alinskyites do whatever they can whenever they can...
population wise they couldnt have chosen a more dense usage base..IF this was indeed orchestrated.
Im not convinced either way simply pointing to other POINTERS.
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