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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 41885047 Indonesia 02/26/2016 10:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Huge Number of Web Sites cut off, Internet No Longer routing around cut lines or bad equipment NSA Spying is using Static (hard wired) routs so that all data flows through fixed points to be collected and stored. At approximately noon on February 25, 2015, the Internet went down in a wide swath ranging from just north of Phoenix stretching to Flagstaff, Arizona. Internet service was restored the following day around 1pm local time. The very first reports I received about the outage, coming out of Wickenburg and Prescott, was that the ISP from Century Link went down because a car crashed into a transformer. Shortly after that, reports stated that a construction crew hit a power line causing Internet service to go down. From the Phoenix media, we now know that this was the work of “vandals” who discovered where cables, buried several feet underground,were located in the midst of rough terrain. These “vandals” subsequently cut through the Internet cables which were inches to a foot thick and this was the cause of this massive outage. The event had a crippling effect on local communities from central to northern Arizona. -911 service and the communications of first responders were taken down. -Point of sale debit/credit card transactions could not be initiated due to the outage. -ATM’s did not work. -Banks were not able to access their computers and were forced to issue paper receipts for any deposit. -All cell phone providers were inoperable except for Verizon Wireless. -Most cable companies were not able to carry programming (e.g. Phoenix TV stations) due to the takedown of live streaming. The same was also true for many radio stations. In short, businesses, schools and personal lives were totally disrupted. Yet, the national coverage afforded to this major event was negligible as I discovered after calling friends and colleagues from across the country to gauge their reaction. As of yesterday afternoon, most people had not heard about this event. I am not surprised as similar events transpired in both Florida and Oklahoma, AT THE SAME TIME! Steve Quayle shared the following email with me last night which described a similar event in Oklahoma: |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 71555628 Russia 02/26/2016 11:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The big section on the left is just the large sites they have monitored all the time. the little section in red to the right shows the latest checks of other sites, can't list the web addr here since it will ban the poster. MSN Games Spirit Airlines Tribe Host Gator Vonage VeriSign |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 71555628 Russia 02/26/2016 11:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.internettrafficreport.com] also shows major city outages |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71555628 Russia 02/26/2016 11:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | anhm7204.exo.com California (Anaheim) anguhub14.net.ubc.ca Canada (Vancouver) router.firstcls.com Georgia atl-datacenter-gw2.capitalinternet.com Georgia (Atlanta) border0-e0.oc48-ypsi.hdl.com Michigan (Ypsilanti) ac-gw.dandy.net New Jersey (Atlantic City) wookie.core.3z.net Ohio (Cincinnati) sl-bb21-pen-15-0.sprintlink.net Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) core-router.centramedia.net Texas (Pampa) er01.asbn.eli.net Virginia (Ashburn) core1-sttl.sitespecific.net Washington (Seattle) |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71555628 Russia 02/26/2016 12:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | bump 02/26/2016 12:11am Website Name: www.vonage.comURL Checked: no responseResponse Time: ~2 days 12 hoursDown For: ----------------------- 02/26/2016 12:15am VeriSignWebsite Name: www.verisign.comURL Checked: no responseResponse Time: ~1 day 20 hoursDown For: |