Could be the AboveNet fiber they are likely using between the facilities. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: Chris Lowe [mailto:clowe@intelius.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:50 PM To: Christopher Rogers; nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Issues with level3 in Seattle It might be associated with some backbone problems that internap reported starting this morning. I got the "all is fixed" email about an hour ago. CL -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Rogers [mailto:phiber@phiber.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:43 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Issues with level3 in Seattle Hey gang, just curious if anyone else has been having any issues with level3 (as3356) here in Seattle? 4 times today traffic transiting them has been blackholed for 1-2 minutes, and then recovers. No route withdrawals, etc.. just blackholing for a few minutes. Has happened 4 times now today, a few hours apart each time. I'd like to hear if anyone else has been having issues today before I call their noc... Thanks kindly, Christopher Rogers Network Engineer - real networks