Tina,
Thank you for posting this. Now I'm vindicated. I've bookmarked that
DownDetector.com URL so that I can use it as a primary reference when I have
problems with evilBay.
Chris
>
>They had problems in some parts of the USA yesterday:
>
>https://downdetector.com/status/ebay
>
>Tina
>
>On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I tried reaching eBay yesterday very soon after seeing Chris' post. No luck
>> at all. Don't know what the problem could have been, but no connection
>> could be made via either Android or Google chrome from here in New Mexico.
>>
>> Perhaps there was some sort of routing glitch, or some kind of DOS going
>> on?
>> On Sep 13, 2015 8:20 AM, "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > >
>> > >I was thinking maybe he gets timeouts using a dial-up line. Timeouts in
>> > >that case might be understandable but I think they could come from
>> > >either server or browser or both. But he says he was at the bike shop.
>> > > Dunno what the communication link is there.
>> > >
>> >
>> > The coffee shop wifi is provided by 19CL, and so is the cable
>> > connection at the bike shop. The Earthlink dialup connection is 19CL
>> > twisted pair to optical fiber to the modem stack. The most serious
>> > disruption was with the two connections using 19CL as the internet
>> provider.
>> >
>> > After evilBay cleared up their problems yesterday afternoon, the
>> > thoughput using the Earthlink dialup connection was faster than it has
>> been
>> > in almost a year. The coffee shop wifi speed this morning is no
>> different
>> > than it had been prior to yesterday.
>> >
>> > Given the problems with malicious evilBay content over the years
>> > (such as piggy-back trojans), I'm wondering if 19CL was blocking evilBay
>> > due to malware content. Or perhaps it was a faulty router somewhere
>> > between evilBay and my regional location. Either of these would explain
>> > the chronic problems I've experienced while others see no disruption.
>> >
>> > Also, given that this problem prevailed with two distinctly
>> different
>> > laptops (Dell 6000 and MacBook Pro) and three operating systems (WinXP,
>> > Win7, and Macincrash) pretty much rules out my WinXP laptop being solely
>> at
>> > fault.
>> >
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> > When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>> > - Hunter S. Thompson
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