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Comcast and Xfinity Facing a Nationwide Outage [Update: Company Confirms]
Thousands of people from across the country are reporting that they are facing connectivity issues with Comcast and its service Xfinity on Friday. Comcast is yet to acknowledge and address the outage, hence it is unclear how long the widespread outage may last. According to DownDetector, a service that tracks outages, the majority of the northeast United States and areas in Colorado, California, the midwest and southeast were affected. Some users reported issues watching TV as well.
Veteran reporter Ed Oswald said, "Nearly an hour into what is clearly a massive nationwide outage for #Comcast/#Xfinity and nary a peep out of the company across any of its public facing channels. I can understand not bringing attention to local outages, but this.."
Update: Comcast says it is aware of a "nationwide outage impacting some of our internet, video and voice customers." In a statement, Comcast shared some background on the outage: One of Comcast's large backbone network partners had a fiber cut that we believe is also impacting other providers. It is currently affecting our business and residential internet, video and voice customers. We apologize & are working to get services restored as soon as possible.
Veteran reporter Ed Oswald said, "Nearly an hour into what is clearly a massive nationwide outage for #Comcast/#Xfinity and nary a peep out of the company across any of its public facing channels. I can understand not bringing attention to local outages, but this.."
Update: Comcast says it is aware of a "nationwide outage impacting some of our internet, video and voice customers." In a statement, Comcast shared some background on the outage: One of Comcast's large backbone network partners had a fiber cut that we believe is also impacting other providers. It is currently affecting our business and residential internet, video and voice customers. We apologize & are working to get services restored as soon as possible.
Isn't it awesome that we keep allowing these large internet providers to buy up more and more smaller ISPs and merge with other large companies.
Imagine a day when all of America can stand in solidarity, regardless of age, gender, skin color, or religious viewpoint -- and commiserate the lack of internet service we all share because "the Internet company" (which will likely be AT&T at that point), is having a nationwide outage.
but there are a handful of sites I cannot reach
This is just testing there testing phase.
Step 2 is the letter you're going to get in the mail next week suggesting you to upgrade to the Xfinity Everything internet package that includes access to premium websites. But it will be OK because there will be a promotion for $5* per month for 12 months with 2 months free. *plus associated fees, surcharges, and taxes. Limited time offer, see terms and conditions for details.
we don't watch the world cup in the United States because soccer sucks.
Homer: I've watched thousands of hours of soccer, I almost saw a goal.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Apparently Comcast backbone providers suffered at least two fiber cuts, specifically Level3 and Zayo.
There's an interesting thread on Reddit with ongoing detail:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysad...
Homer: I've watched thousands of hours of soccer, I almost saw a goal.
As opposed to our game, which combines two great American things: violence and committee meetings.