Bill Stewart wrote: > > At 10:22 AM 09/11/2001 -0400, Seth Finkelstein wrote: > > "Warren E. Agin" > > > I've been trying to get on a newsite, but abc.com, abcnews.com, > > > nbc.com, msnbc.com, cbs.com, foxnews.com and boston.com are all having > > > problems. Yahoo and MSN are up. > > > > I can attest that boston.com is functioning in Boston. Can't > >say if you could reach it from another part of the country. > > > > > I wonder if the problem is just server overload, or something else. > > > > There seems to be some major links out of action. I can't > >traceroute to cnn.com, for example. I *speculate* it's collateral > >damage from the explosions in Manhattan. That is, I sure wouldn't hang > >around to keep computer working in this situation. > > Highly unlikely to be physical damage; it's just slashdotted > because everybody with an internet connection tried it first. > The San Francisco Chronicle is still working because it's early morning > on the West Coast; they're sfgate.com, picture on the front page, > and the AP story is at > >http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2001/09/11/national0920EDT0530.DTL Yep, just a flash crowd. The BBC web site is all but unobtainable. Transatlantic data traffic is slow, but flowing. If you are in Manhattan YMMV. Ken
