On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 02:49:44PM -0400, blitz wrote:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=575&u=/nm/20021003/wr_nm/tech_worldcom_outage_dc_5&printer=1

Made the news...

[...] Based on a preliminary investigation, WorldCom blamed the outage on problems with a "route table," or software map that directs traffic to the proper destination. The company declined to identify the route table manufacturer. --cw