microsoft sites down?

marc2003 · 2 Aug 2008 at 14:51

is my isp (enta) at fault or are microsoft sites really offline (more likely to be the former. i can't see MS being knocked offline.

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www.microsoft.com
www.passport.net

thewanted · 2 Aug 2008 at 14:53

They both work for me on Virgin cable

shine · 2 Aug 2008 at 14:55

All working for me. I'm on UKOnline but using OpenDNS.

marc2003 · 2 Aug 2008 at 14:59

hehe, i thought as much. thanks for the confirmation.

Mortster · 2 Aug 2008 at 15:08

i got the same problem with Aquiss (Enta)

tried changing to openDNS and no difference lol

can't ping any MSN sites, or connect to messenger.

marc2003 · 2 Aug 2008 at 15:12

well this is typical. i've read about problems with certain sites not being available before but this is the first time it's actually affected me. i've just bought flatout:ultimate carnage and want to sign upto live but i can't. i guess i'll just have to wait it out.

i've dropped support an email - i'm sure they have plenty already.

LoadsaMoney · 2 Aug 2008 at 15:55

Just come in and MSN's down here to on UKFSN (Enta), ahh well.

EDIT: Scratch that, its working now.

marc2003 · 2 Aug 2008 at 16:27

just had a reply from support and it's working again....

Hi there,

We are aware of the situation, and it now appears to be resolved. It seems there was a temporary loss of connectivity or possibly a routing loop occurring within the Teleglobe network. As traffic from our network to the Microsoft sites was being routing across the Teleglobe network, a significant portion of our users were affected. The situation now appears to have been resolved by Teleglobe and connectivity is restored.

Kind regards,