They had problems in some parts of the USA yesterday:
https://downdetector.com/status/ebay
Tina
On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I tried reaching eBay yesterday very soon after seeing Chris' post. No luck
> at all. Don't know what the problem could have been, but no connection
> could be made via either Android or Google chrome from here in New Mexico.
>
> Perhaps there was some sort of routing glitch, or some kind of DOS going
> on?
> On Sep 13, 2015 8:20 AM, "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > >
> > >I was thinking maybe he gets timeouts using a dial-up line. Timeouts in
> > >that case might be understandable but I think they could come from
> > >either server or browser or both. But he says he was at the bike shop.
> > > Dunno what the communication link is there.
> > >
> >
> > The coffee shop wifi is provided by 19CL, and so is the cable
> > connection at the bike shop. The Earthlink dialup connection is 19CL
> > twisted pair to optical fiber to the modem stack. The most serious
> > disruption was with the two connections using 19CL as the internet
> provider.
> >
> > After evilBay cleared up their problems yesterday afternoon, the
> > thoughput using the Earthlink dialup connection was faster than it has
> been
> > in almost a year. The coffee shop wifi speed this morning is no
> different
> > than it had been prior to yesterday.
> >
> > Given the problems with malicious evilBay content over the years
> > (such as piggy-back trojans), I'm wondering if 19CL was blocking evilBay
> > due to malware content. Or perhaps it was a faulty router somewhere
> > between evilBay and my regional location. Either of these would explain
> > the chronic problems I've experienced while others see no disruption.
> >
> > Also, given that this problem prevailed with two distinctly
> different
> > laptops (Dell 6000 and MacBook Pro) and three operating systems (WinXP,
> > Win7, and Macincrash) pretty much rules out my WinXP laptop being solely
> at
> > fault.
> >
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> > - Hunter S. Thompson
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