youtube outage

[Hescominsoon]

youtube was unreachable for about an hour or so..it seems that the Pakistani gov't's order to block went a bit out of hand:

http://www.hescominsoon.com/archives/846

 

[Atown]

wow thats amazing. politically this could get very interesting

 

[Atown]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7262071.stm

Ban is lifted on youtube

 

[Hescominsoon]

the ban was inconsequential..the routing error that nuked youtube across most of the net is the significant part..<G>

 

[Atown]

i know, but it was relevant news

 

[MaidMirawyn]

I think it's hilarious, actually...