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 networks that route traffic over the Internet, suffered a major commercial Internet outage beginning at 8 a.m. EDT on Thursday, according to a company that monitors Internet performance." Article goes on to state the reason was a "software glitch". FWIW, Ian