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Please share this information with concerned faculty and staff. You might be interested in knowing that the Deans, Director and Chairs memo's are archived. This information is available to the public at http://list.msu.edu/archives/deandirchair.html Debbie -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Resotko Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:35 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Fwd: Recent Internet Outages Do we have permission to forward this to concerned faculty and staff? /John Resotko >>> Tom Davis <[log in to unmask]> 8/21/2007 12:38 PM >>> FYI. I just sent the following message to the Deans, Directors and Chairs list. /Tom >Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:22:12 -0400 >From: Tom Davis <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Recent Internet Outages >To: [log in to unmask] > >Beginning late Wednesday, August 15, network users started reporting >difficulty with Internet access: on-campus users were unable to >consistently reach the Internet and, similarly, off-campus users were >unable to consistently reach the campus network. Intermittent outages >persisted throughout the day Thursday and into Friday, at which point >the network stabilized. Another brief outage occurred this morning. > >Since the incident began, ACNS staff have been in in close contact with >MSU's Internet service provider, Merit Network, Inc. Merit now believes >they have positively identified the source of these outages (which also >affected other Merit customers). ACNS will continue to monitor the >situation carefully and pursue an full understanding of these outages. > >We understand that Internet access is vital to the MSU community and are >treating this situation as extremely serious. > >As always, current and historical information about service outages is >available at http://servicestatus.msu.edu If you are unable to reach >this website, or if you have other questions, please call the ACNS Help >Desk at 517-432-6200. > >Tom Davis, Director >Academic Computing and Network Services