Server Latency 05/21/08

[SYN]

I've been talking to our dedicated host all day about the latency spikes we're experiencing. There's a major outage with Level currently (google Level 3) and it's causing huge problems across the internet. Level 3 is one of the largest backbone provider for hundreds of ISPs and datacenters.

They are working on the issue and will have it resolved soon.

At 1150 UTC the Level3 OC-48 circuit to Liquid Web went into a down/down
 state. The Liquid Web Inc. Network Engineering Team is presently working on
 resolving this issue with our provider as quickly as possible.

Until Level3 corrects this issue with the circuit customers will notice
increased latencies to the data centers. Global connectivity to the data
centers is still intact but in a degraded state presently. We apologize for
the inconveniences that this introduces and are pushing the provider as
quickly as possible to correct this issue.

[JabeW]

thanks for clarifiying it syn

[SYN]

Our transport provider has completed the repairs to the fiber between our
 Lansing Michigan based data centers to the Level3 POP in Southfield
 Michigan. At this time traffic is routing over the Level3 circuit and
 latency issues should have subsided at this point. The Network Engineering
 Team is continuing to monitor this circuit to ensure that it will continue
 to operate in an acceptable manner.

We would again like to extend our gratefulness to everyone regarding their
patience and understanding regarding this issue.