---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200831190626.GA6343@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:06:26 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: CenturyLink outage led to a 3.5% drop in global web traffic CenturyLink incident takes down Cloudflare, Reddit, Hulu, AWS, Blizzard, Steam, Xbox Live, Discord, and dozens more. By Catalin Cimpanu US internet service provider CenturyLink has suffered a major technical outage on Sunday after a misconfiguration in one of its data centers created havoc all over the internet. https://www.zdnet.com/article/centurylink-outage-led-to-a-3-5-drop-in-global-web-traffic/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <33A8754A-64FA-42D4-8D8C-977A0A3168EC@icloud.com> Date: 31 Aug 2020 11:16:23 -0400 From: "Julian Thomas" <jtnuage@icloud.com> Subject: Re: The Weather Undergrond > On Aug 29, 2020, at 09:36, Moderator wrote: > > I want the weather forecaster to tell me about the weather - > and then shut up http://forecast.weather.gov/ -- jt - jt@jt-mj.net Religious freedom should work two ways: we should be free to practice the religion of our choice, but we must also be free from having someone else's religion practiced on us. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <barmar-A2DB75.23503130082020@reader.eternal-september.org> Date: 30 Aug 2020 23:50:31 -0400 From: "Barry Margolin" <barmar@alum.mit.edu> Subject: Re: Landlines set to be removed from dorm rooms at M.I.T. In article <20200830033027.GA31273@telecom.csail.mit.edu>, Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.remove-this.telecom-digest.org> wrote: > According to a statement released by the Division of Student Life, > ... landline telephones will be removed from all on-campus dorm > bedrooms by the end of summer. > > https://thetech.com/2012/07/11/phones-v132-n29 That article is 8 years old. - - Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** ***** Moderator's Note ***** Yes, I know that now. I was thinking about the good old days when I was young and fascinating and irresistable, and I was able to read stories in The Tech without reaching for my glasses - so please, dear readers, cut me some slack. I am terribly, fervently, absolutely and forever sorry. It won't ever, ever, ever happen again. Cross my heart and hope to die! Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 01 Sep 2020