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Comcast's Xfinity Internet Service Is Down Across the US [Update] (theverge.com)
Readers share a report: Comcast's internet service, Xfinity, appears to be suffering an outage across the country. DownDetector.com shows it being down around the United States, including in large cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Boston. So far, online reports don't suggest that TV service or home phones are affected. On Twitter, Comcast confirmed the outage. Adding, "Some customers are having issues with their XFINITY Internet service. We apologize & appreciate your patience while we work to fix." The company tweeted moments ago, "Our teams continue to monitor an external network issue. We apologize for the inconvenience -- will provide updates as we learn more." In another tweet, Comcast said the issue is nationwide.
Update: At 20:39 GMT on Monday, Comcast said it had resolved the issue.
Update: At 20:39 GMT on Monday, Comcast said it had resolved the issue.
There's a big global DDOS attack going on right now.
Our whole shop is down and can't access Azure or TFS
http://www.digitalattackmap.com/#anim=1&color=0&country=ALL&list=0&time=17475&view=map
This looks like it was actually a Level3 outage. Level3 carries a lot of the nationwide internet traffic (including traffic to/from Comcast), and the outage there caused various ripple effects (you can't get there from here, or can only get there very slowly across this (now) overloaded path).