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Outage Disrupts East Coast Internet Traffic
Wall St. Journal ^ | Oct. 19, 2013 | DREW FITZGERALD

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: cablevision; internet; level3; timewarner; twc
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What are the chances this is more push coming to shove???
1 posted on 10/19/2013 7:30:36 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey
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To: MeshugeMikey

Maybe this is a practice run.


2 posted on 10/19/2013 7:34:11 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: AlexW

Yup.


3 posted on 10/19/2013 7:35:45 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: MeshugeMikey

Test.......test.......


4 posted on 10/19/2013 7:37:02 PM PDT by ALASKA (Disgusted......)
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To: MeshugeMikey

NSA equipment install.


5 posted on 10/19/2013 7:41:27 PM PDT by Neidermeyer (I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
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To: Neidermeyer

NSA equipment FAIL.


6 posted on 10/19/2013 7:41:54 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: ALASKA

SO you’re not IN alaska?...

I put nothing past The Great Leaders Planners...

the timing is UNCANNY!


7 posted on 10/19/2013 7:42:39 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: AlexW

very darned likely.

a test at best...

testing our PATIENCE..is what these OBAMA people seem to be all about at the moment.


8 posted on 10/19/2013 7:44:25 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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What are the chances this is more push coming to shove???

Close to nil, but don't let it stop you.

9 posted on 10/19/2013 7:44:27 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: MeshugeMikey

After that they can go on and fix those Obamacare glitches.


10 posted on 10/19/2013 7:44:53 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: MeshugeMikey

The Internet isn’t that old. Some of the first generation equipment is still online. Not much, but some. The usage volume growth exponentially exceeded anyone’s predictions when they were building out the backbone. It’s a miracle there haven’t been -more- massive outages in the last decade.


11 posted on 10/19/2013 7:45:14 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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To: Neidermeyer

perhaps theres some malicious code.....Yes, malicious code embedded in the ObamaScare website thats just “gone off”...?


12 posted on 10/19/2013 7:45:48 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: 1rudeboy

can you think of a less auspicious time for this to have just coincidentally occured?


13 posted on 10/19/2013 7:47:04 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Is that the operative factor for you? How “convenient” it is?


14 posted on 10/19/2013 7:48:18 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

given the enemies proclivity to be disruptive? yes I am concerned.

Rg recgnical specifics I know next to nothing about.

if this was an accident...Im AM certain that there are those who are rubbing their hands in glee ANYWAY


15 posted on 10/19/2013 7:51:11 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Dude. Stuff breaks down once in a while.


16 posted on 10/19/2013 7:52:09 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: MeshugeMikey

story is behind a paywall. Anyone have a free site?


17 posted on 10/19/2013 7:53:49 PM PDT by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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Well dam what did the expect running the whole east coast Internet on a hub..you think they would get a least a multi layer switch
18 posted on 10/19/2013 7:54:50 PM PDT by tophat9000 (Are we headed to a Cracker Slacker War?)
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To: cableguymn

Oddly enough I cant get return access.

I have no paid access yet my first visit to the page did not ask for a password, nor did it disallow me form accessing the article.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57608311/time-warner-cable-customers-experience-internet-outage-in-northeast/


19 posted on 10/19/2013 7:58:04 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: cableguymn

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304864504579145813698584246

looks to work. From drudge to wsj.


20 posted on 10/19/2013 7:58:23 PM PDT by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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