I received the following this evening: From: help@digex.net (DIGEX Help Desk - System Status) Newsgroups: digex.status Subject: System Status Message 1149 (6:25 PM, Wed Jul 3 1996) [...] o We have also received reports of a lack of connectivity to certain web sites. The reason for these connectivity problems is that routers controlled by Apex Global Information Services (AGIS) are attempting to exchange routing data with DIGEX routers too often, and our routers have stopped listening to their routers. Other major Internet Service Providers are also experiencing these effects. DIGEX has no control over this situation, and therefore, we have no ETR. Connectivity will resume as soon as the AGIS routers stop flooding DIGEX routers with route updates. does anyone know what happened? ********************************************************************** The COOK Report on Internet Individ. hard copy $150 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA Small Corp & Gov't $200 (609) 882-2572 phone and fax Corporate $350 Internet: cook@cookreport.com Corporate Site Lic. $650 http://pobox.com/cook/ for new report: "Tracking Internet Infrastructure" ***********************************************************************