Vicki, Thanks for the heads up on that. It means a lot when someone shares what they hear. It is frustrating not to know about the internet problems that come up. Could you keep us posted on what you hear? Sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki Titus" <vtitus@cox-internet.com> To: <NYCORTLA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 2:00 PM Subject: [NYCORTLA] System problems with internet > I have found out in the last few hours that there seems to be a problem > with the national system of routers that are used to channel internet web > pages to people. This relay system seems to have broken down at an AT &T > facility. At least that is what the traces I have seen show. > > Not everybody will be affected by this outage. For example, myself and the > Cortland ACC, Jim, can navigate pages with no problem. However, it was a > Cortland user that first alerted me to the problem. Depends on where you > are in connection to the outage. Proximity isn't the key, however, since > the outage is supposedly at a Missouri facility and I live in Arkansas. > > The problem is not a solely Rootsweb problem. AOL, CNN and other national > systems are affected by the outage. Symptoms include page time out > messages and garbled pages. > > These problems should be temporary. However, if you receive a garbled page > from either of my sites, please let me know so can double check it after > the problem is resolved. > > Vicki Hall Titus > CC Broome and Cortland Co. GenWeb sites > > > ==== NYCORTLA Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >