Pastiche423
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:48 PM
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Major dial up ISPs outage all over the country |
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All of yesterday and today so far, our Indian helpers are saying there is a major outage of the following ISPs:
Earthlink At&T MSN Verizon
Has anyone heard anything about this? I am a neighbor's who uses a local IPS.
I am FURIOUS! They say they can not tell the reason for security purposes.
What the hell could be going on?
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:49 PM
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1. They can not tell the reason for security purposes??? |
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What the f*ck are they trying to pull now?! :wtf:
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:50 PM
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2. I have an EarthLink dial-up and it's working fine. n/t |
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:52 PM
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:59 PM
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13. i had problems this morning for about an hour. |
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:50 PM
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3. Rerouting all their stuff to go directly through Ft. Meade, MD |
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Edited on Tue Nov-07-06 02:52 PM by kenny blankenship
That way the NSA guys won't have to co-locate in the telcos switching stations.
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:50 PM
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4. I will proudly don my tinfoil hat over this--this is NOT a coincidence, IMO. And |
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when I hear "we can't tell you for security purposes" my shit detector goes off big time... :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat:
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:53 PM
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7. When I heard "Security purposes, I screamed in the guy's ear |
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This is knocking out a ton of people. Please be extra cautious watching the returns.
This is not a mistake!
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:52 PM
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6. Earthlink worked just fine for me |
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I used their dialup this morning. No problem.
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:55 PM
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9. It din't work for me yesterday and still not today |
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Yesterday I was freaking out. The guy told me he'd knock $2 off my bill?????
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:54 PM
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8. I have AT&T no problems. nt |
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:55 PM
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Highstream. No problems getting online today and DU is humming along nicely.
If you're not tied into a contract, you might think about giving these guys a try. Highstream is a national ISP with local dialups. I've been using it for about 10 months and I'm very satisfied. Decent spam filter, good connectivity.
There's no dsl or cable available this far out in the country. I've tried several of the major providers of dialup service and thought they all sucked. My local ISP was run by nice guys, but I couldn't connect half the time.
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:56 PM
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11. Is anyone on the West Coast? |
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Tue Nov-07-06 02:56 PM
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12. I see some posters who are having no problems, BUT |
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it's pretty certain if some ARE having problems, they're not posting at all, so how to know?
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Tue Nov-07-06 03:00 PM
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14. If they can get online |
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they are not a part of the "security problem".
I've had Earthlink dial up for six and a half years. Never had this problem before. The guy said he had tons of people calling yesterday and today.
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Tue Nov-07-06 03:02 PM
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16. Which part of the US are you in? Maybe it's a trunk line or something... |
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I'm on Earthlink Dial-up in the Southeast and not having a problem. :shrug:
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Tue Nov-07-06 03:06 PM
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but the Indian customer service guy and his supervisor said it was all over the U.S.
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Tue Nov-07-06 03:01 PM
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15. No problems here in the Pacific Northwest...yet! |
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But I will don my hat. :tinfoilhat:
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