3 Oct
2002
3 Oct
'02
3:39 p.m.
The details can be found here: http://www.matrixnetsystems.com/ea/advisories/20021003_instant_alert.jsp ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian A Finlay <iaf@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Thursday, October 3, 2002 3:31 pm Subject: wcom
I know, I know, don't believe everything you read... ;-)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/816663.asp?0dm=C15MT
"Struggling WorldCom Inc., one of the major backbone providers of networksthat route traffic over the Internet, suffered a major commercial Internet outage beginning at 8 a.m. EDT on Thursday, according to a company thatmonitors Internet performance."
Article goes on to state the reason was a "software glitch".
FWIW, Ian