[26456] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Customers down?u
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Fri Dec 31 23:59:52 1999
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
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To: alex@nac.net (Alex Rubenstein)
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 21:11:35 -0800 (PST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.05.9912312153530.1532-100000@BOOM> from "Alex Rubenstein" at Dec 31, 1999 09:56:12 PM
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> Since 8am, we've seen a rising amount of customers going down.
>
> It's been attributed to them turninf off thier equipment.
>
> The local Bell Atlantic DSC claims that 'hundreds, maybe thousands of
> circuits are down,' mostly due to customers turning stuff off.
>
> Everyone else seeing this?
This type of behaviour has been reported across the globell.
In London, the were reports of traffic 20-40% lower
than normal.. folks were just not online.