[Gllug] google down?

[Dan Kolb]

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On Monday 12 Nov 2001 11:36 am, Jon Masters wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Dan Kolb wrote:
> > Nah. JaNET's shafted. Again.
> Indeed, all too common.

Actually, to be technical, it's not JaNET itself that's shafted, but the link 
between it and Above.NET (Google traffice, Hotmail traffic, etc.). Other 
transatlantic connections are still fine.

Probably the cable monkeys at Above.NET 'forgot' to replug some cables in. Or 
just kicked them out of their switches.

> > Jon Masters: You're not on a JaNET connection, are you? Or are you still
> > living in Nottingham Halls of Residence?
> Thankfully no, I'd rather kill and eat myself whole (yes I know...) than
> live in a hall of residence here with their network...apparently the
> intercampus link died again this morning but luckily I don't care any
> more :)

Mmm.... I wouldn't be without my nice fast 'net access here :)
That saying, OUCS are slowly restricting more traffic - within the last week, 
they blocked software like KaZaa (file-sharing). Admittedly, they did have a 
point - one of the Oxford colleges was recently sued for a large amount of 
money by Sony because one guy there shared 4 songs.

For any wannabe lawyers here, apparently they were trying to sue under the US 
DMCA - I thought US laws couldn't be enforced here? Officially, that is 
(deCSS).

Dan
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