Is there a wider internet outage today?
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Is there a wider internet outage today?
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Re: Is there a wider internet outage today?
#2I know HN is getting hugged right now, but many other websites on mobile and landline internet (in the southern US) are chugging for me.
A conspicuous number of services are showing outages on downdetector and thousandeyes.
Re: Is there a wider internet outage today?
#3I know HN is getting hugged right now, but many other websites on mobile and landline internet (in the southern US) are chugging for me. A conspicuous number of services are showing outages on downdetector and thousandeyes.
Is HN struggling so much due to the Apple event or is there another explanation?
Re: Is there a wider internet outage today?
#4I know HN is getting hugged right now, but many other websites on mobile and landline internet (in the southern US) are chugging for me. A conspicuous number of services are showing outages on downdetector and thousandeyes.
Is HN struggling so much due to the Apple event or is there another explanation?
no, something is going on across all the sites I visit
Re: Is there a wider internet outage today?
#5Most of the websites I use have been fine, outside of the odd hiccups while browsing HN.
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#6There’s a saying on HN: major outages often come from DNS. It was also DNS in the recent WhatsApp outage thread. I’m wondering what the source of the possible broader internet slowness is.
Re: Is there a wider internet outage today?
#7I know HN is getting hugged right now, but many other websites on mobile and landline internet (in the southern US) are chugging for me. A conspicuous number of services are showing outages on downdetector and thousandeyes.
Another tracker with lots of outages in the US/EU: https://www.pingdom.com/outages/
Re: Is there a wider internet outage today?
#8I know HN is getting hugged right now, but many other websites on mobile and landline internet (in the southern US) are chugging for me. A conspicuous number of services are showing outages on downdetector and thousandeyes.
Is HN struggling so much due to the Apple event or is there another explanation?
It could be both? A wider outage at a high traffic time.
HN is timing out constantly for me. So are some Microsoft services. But then some other websites are loading fine...
Re: Is there a wider internet outage today?
#9No, it's just HN going crazy for shiny new Apples.
Re: Is there a wider internet outage today?
#10I know HN is getting hugged right now, but many other websites on mobile and landline internet (in the southern US) are chugging for me. A conspicuous number of services are showing outages on downdetector and thousandeyes.
Is HN struggling so much due to the Apple event or is there another explanation?
> "is there another explanation?"
It's aliens. They literally announced they have been reverse engineering space ships from aliens from outer space. I mean I don't think it's true but it's what they announced.