I mean I blame it on the inadequate capacity of Windstream to handle modern TCP traffic loads - but hey. You know. -Ben Cannon CEO 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC ben@6by7.net <mailto:ben@6by7.net>
On Jan 25, 2020, at 11:35 AM, Darin Steffl <darin.steffl@mnwifi.com> wrote:
Shouldn't game patches like this be released overnight during off-peak hours? Fortnite releases their updates around 3 or 4am when most ISP's networks are at their lowest utilization. It seems somewhat reckless to release such a large patch during awake hours.
On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 12:08 PM Brandon Jackson via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org <mailto:nanog@nanog.org>> wrote: "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fragged our business VOIP: US ISP blames outage on smash-hit video game rush This is Windstream, going dark..." https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/23/windstream_fvoip_outage/ <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/23/windstream_fvoip_outage/>
Apparently not everyone came out unscathed.
---------------------------------- Brandon Jackson bjackson@napshome.net <mailto:bjackson@napshome.net>
On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 10:14 AM Aaron Gould <aaron1@gvtc.com <mailto:aaron1@gvtc.com>> wrote: My gosh, what in the word was that coming out of my local Akamai aanp servers yesterday !? starting at about 12:00 noon central time lasting several hours ?
-Aaron