Off Topic parts of internet currently offline

A number of leading websites are currently not working, including Amazon, Reddit and Twitch.

The UK government website - gov.uk - is also down as are the Financial Times, the Guardian and the New York Times.

Affected websites displayed the message: "Error 503 Service Unavailable".

Early reports suggested it could be related to Fastly, a cloud computing provider, which underpins a lot of major websites.

Fastly said it was looking into problems with its global content delivery network (CDN).

In an error message posted just before 11am BST Fastly said it was "currently investigating potential impact to performance with our CDN services."

It has not yet provided a formal statement.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57399628

 

Yes, looks downdetector.co.uk also affected ironically.

 

Just unplug the Internet, wait thirty seconds and plug it back in again.

 

All back up pretty quickly but it's a reminder, if we needed one, of how dependent the world is on the internet...

 

Pfffttt I just went straight down hessle rd
Got jars of pickled everything
16 cases of tyskie lager
2000 dodgy cigs and a heroin habit
You can keep Amazon from now on

 

Is it like the one wonder woman wore?

 

All well and good but us non-residents won't be able to watch City on Ifollow!

 

You've a spelling error in there mate it's Heron Frozen Foods down Hessle Rd not Heroin Frozen Foods

 

Opportunity to put one towards Peter Jones on Dragons Den I presume?