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Hi,

is anybody else experiencing extremely slow connecttions?

MyADSL is loading slower than usual.

WWW.iol.co.za is almost not working, and www.cnn.com is absent for all practical purposes.

And I'm not capped (yet)!

Thansk



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Yip, can't get to most international sites at the moment. Very slow load times or gateway timeouts.
 
Call Reference ID : STT000000003407
Failure Type : Network Failure

Problem Description : New York - Router Failure

Time Down : 4 Apr 2004, 03:35:00

Time Up : 4 Apr 2004, 07:10:00

Impact : All clients will experience slow responses to International Sites.

Site : New York

Services Affected : International Connectivity

Updates : 4 Apr 2004, 04:09:21 coghlac
Our technicians are still busy investigating.

4 Apr 2004, 05:01:54 coghlac
Telia technicians in New York has been dispatched to investigate.

4 Apr 2004, 06:55:08 coghlac
Technicians are still busy attending.

4 Apr 2004, 07:51:45 simonskp
There is a problem with the processor card on our New York router. We have switched to the backup processor, and are monitoring the link. The faulty processor will be replaced.

4 Apr 2004, 08:31:40 simonskp
All leased line, dial-up and ADSL clients will experience slow responses to International Sites.

4 Apr 2004, 12:45:49 simonskp
Service has been restored. We are monitoring the link.

4 Apr 2004, 17:46:36 simonskp
Emergency planned maintenance will take place tomorrow morning at 09h00 on our New York router to permanently replace the faulty card.

5 Apr 2004, 08:24:42 padayak
Emergency planned maintenance will take place today 05/04/2004 at 09h00 on our New York router to permanently replace the faulty card.


5 Apr 2004, 09:45:30 premlar
Planned maintenance has been delayed. It will commence in the next 15 minutes.

5 Apr 2004, 10:28:50 premlar
Planned maintenace has commenced at 10h15.


Cause of Failure : Hardware failure


Status : New
 
I don't have any trouble with local sites but international sites are extremely slow.

According to the SAIX noticeboard ( http://www.noticeboard.saix.net ) a router in New York is giving problems.

They've probably routed us through the "capped" line until it's resolved.
 
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<br /> They've probably routed us through the "capped" line until it's resolved.

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More like decapitated !
 
Is all of South Africa's international traffic routed via this one router in New York? I was under the impression that at least some of our traffic is routed via England (London I think).
 
Another question... since the SAFE cable is operational, why can't we route to the east???
 
Haven't found a local site that gives problems.

www.iol.co.za loads fine for me.
 
I'm no techie, but it would seem to me that all hardware, at some stage, will fail. Therefore, it's surely not a question of "if" but rather "when" some vital piece of silicone is going to fall over. So why the hell don't they have a contingency plan in place for when it does happen? Like today . . .
 
To check the feedback from the work being done, please check out http://www.noticeboard.saix.net/

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Excuse my ignorance here,but what would happen if that building burnt down,what would happen then.
I find it strange that INT links depend on NY.
 
We would be stuffed to put it mildly...

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Bye
Antowan

He who does not understand the value of war at the right time, cannot comprehend the value of life at any time - Anonymous
 
I can't connect to amazon.co.uk but I could connect to gamespot.com & wwe.com. However I agree that the local sites like kalahari.net loads very fast
 
Telkom runs a pretty complex network, with multiple peering links and international bandwidth.

When a router goes down, BGP will sort out routing via other possible routes, but those routes might be extremely slow. It's impossible to say which sites are going to be affected.

There appears to have also been a peering problem with Internet Solutions which would explain why some local sites also died.

This is life on the internet, no matter which ISP you use. Stuff breaks. Routers go down. But the internet carries on. Mostly...


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