[ale] Charter.net Taken Down By MS SQL Worm?

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 06:36:11PM -0500, HandRan wrote:
> Just got home from work, no cable-link led on RCA cable modem.

> Called Charter Tech support @ 1.888.550.9400  pressed '2' to report 
> connection problem.

> Taped response: "Today we are experiencing a world wide denial of service 
> to the Internet affecting all modems, we are aware of it, and are working 
> towards a resolution"

> Unbelievable!

	Some people who decided to rely on broadband for their phone
service also found themselves in deep doo as VoIO got swamped out.
Los Angles was reporting packet loss across some routes of more than 95%.

	Mike
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