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EarlG

(22,670 posts) Thu May 15, 2014, 02:03 PM May 2014

Expect DU downtime 11PM-1AM ET: Our ISP is conducting maintenance to fix Qwest/CenturyLink issues [View all]

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Our ISP is conducting emergency maintenance tonight during a window which beings at 11PM ET and ends at 1AM ET. During this window, they will "reconfigure BGP routes to avoid latency and dropped packets caused by a saturated link on the Qwest/CenturyLink network."

Between 11PM and 1AM ET, all visitors (not just those on Qwest or CenturyLink) may experience issues connecting to DU.

Our ISP expects the maintenance to take approximately 20 minutes, although they reserve the entire two-hour window for testing and verification.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, and thanks for your patience while we work to resolve this issue. We hope this will solve the connection problems that many members have been experiencing since last week.

PS. If you do experience any difficulty getting on DU tonight, feel free to check out www.discussionist.com

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Expect DU downtime 11PM-1AM ET: Our ISP is conducting maintenance to fix Qwest/CenturyLink issues [View all] EarlG May 2014 OP

thanks for the info EarlG and keep up the good work ! nt steve2470 May 2014 #1

This is probably when the NSA installs the latest version of their tracking software. ret5hd May 2014 #2

You want we should get Skittles over there to hand out an ass kicking for ya? nt rrneck May 2014 #3

Mahalo EarlG.. I appreicate all you guys for our Board. I've been getting in through Cha May 2014 #4

I've had trouble connecting to DU for weeks BanzaiBonnie May 2014 #5

Thanks for letting us know! Rhiannon12866 May 2014 #6

YAY!! 2naSalit May 2014 #7

Yippee!1! antiquie May 2014 #8

I hope it works. hrmjustin May 2014 #9

Just don't fuck with my LOL Cats on Sunday. Hoppy May 2014 #10

Nothing new, DU has been as glitchy and unstable as Huffpost on meth for some time Bluenorthwest May 2014 #11

P.S. Updated Correction.. I have Hawaiian Telcom for my ISP if this makes any Cha May 2014 #12

The Pic of the Moment on the Home Page and in the V&M Forum is on upload.democraticunderground.com. Make7 May 2014 #14

Mahalo Make~ However "upload" does NOT work for me.. just blank/white and endless buffering.. Cha May 2014 #16

Unfortunately the web address for the PotM changes whenever it changes. Make7 May 2014 #18

Ooops! I meant to say "upload" does Not work for me.. but, your Cha May 2014 #19

I don't consider that a inconvenience, I consider it a blessing! William769 May 2014 #13

At least it started out Cha May 2014 #17

Thanks so much guys for trying to get this resolved. Triana May 2014 #15

Yeeeaaaaaa! Iz fixed at work now too. Triana May 2014 #23

Thank you for trying to get this fixed! csziggy May 2014 #20

It's Fixed! Mahalo! Here's to Cha May 2014 #21

Hey hey! defacto7 May 2014 #22

Awesome, glad you guys found this, I've been thinking the issue was on my computer nilram May 2014 #24

Anything going on tonight, May 21st? Not loading at all at times. I'm not with Qwest/Century Link.nt freshwest May 2014 #25