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CenturyLink's Nationwide Outage Affects Millions

Posted by timothy on from the experiencing-seems-a-gentle-verb dept.

halfEvilTech writes "CenturyLink, the nation's third largest telco network, is experiencing an outage of its broadband service nationwide, leaving its support systems overwhelmed and even causing its website to hit a few snags this morning. The company, which at last count has 5.8 million broadband subscribers, has no estimates yet on how long it will take to restore service." CenturyLink is the company that will be providing the Defense Department with the equivalent of Internet2.

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  1. Its not the whole united states . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Western states in the former Qwest footprint seem to be up and running ok. East Coast Legacy Centurylink seems to be not having a good time of it though.

    Suffice it to say, the sky is not falling and Centurylink is not pulling a "u-verse" on it.