[info]elfwreck in [info]07refugees

Possibly somewhat Off Topic

But since this comm deals with "ex LJ people," some of whom are still current LJ people, I figured I'd post.

There's a massive power outage in downtown San Francisco (where I work). 6A is located in downtown SF.

Outage of LJ is probably unrelated to politics or online drama. PG&E expects power to be restored in another half an hour or so.
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Posted on Jul. 24th, 2007 at 02:48 pm | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]ponders_life

Thank you for that information! However, I doubt that a power outage in downtown SF is the sole culprit (even the status page is unreachable). It would be poor business practice for 6A to put all of their servers in one small geographic area, precisely because they'd be vulnerable to outages like this.

I have heard that several major routers in Europe and the US are down, so the problem could extend beyond 6A. No details at the moment, just rumor.
Posted on Jul. 24th, 2007 10:08 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]liz_marcs

Parts of Europe, Canada, and Mexico are down as well.

Internet Traffic Report (EUROPE): http://www.internettrafficreport.com/europe.htm

Internet Traffic Report (NORTH AMERICA): http://www.internettrafficreport.com/namerica.htm

Posted on Jul. 24th, 2007 10:20 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]ponders_life

Thanks, Liz!

(Gee, if I'm going to spend more time on IJ, I'd better upload some more icons, huh? :)
Posted on Jul. 24th, 2007 10:25 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]aryas_zehral

I was just thinking that as well. :)
Posted on Jul. 24th, 2007 11:11 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]caersidi

Eep internet meltdown!
Posted on Jul. 24th, 2007 10:28 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]nerami_siela

*snerk*

I wonder what did make Internet try to make a point...
Posted on Jul. 24th, 2007 10:40 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]elfwreck

It would be poor business practice for 6A to put all of their servers in one small geographic area,

It'd be poor business practice to change their TOS without warning, ban people en mass with no reason, unban them, re-ban some of them without explanation or following their own TOS procedures, too, but that hasn't stopped them.

I don't think "it's poor business practice" would necessarily follow "I don't think 6A would do this because..."
Posted on Jul. 25th, 2007 12:19 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply