Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that

[Ben Cannon <ben () 6by7 net>]

I mean I blame it on the inadequate capacity of Windstream to handle modern TCP traffic loads - but hey. You know. 

-Ben Cannon
CEO 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC 
ben () 6by7 net <mailto:ben () 6by7 net>




> On Jan 25, 2020, at 11:35 AM, Darin Steffl <darin.steffl () mnwifi com> wrote:
>
> Shouldn't game patches like this be released overnight during off-peak hours? Fortnite releases their updates around 
> 3 or 4am when most ISP's networks are at their lowest utilization. It seems somewhat reckless to release such a large 
> patch during awake hours. 
>
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 12:08 PM Brandon Jackson via NANOG <nanog () nanog org <mailto:nanog () nanog org>> wrote:
> "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fragged our business VOIP: US ISP blames outage on smash-hit video game rush
> This is Windstream, going dark..."
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/23/windstream_fvoip_outage/ 
> <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/23/windstream_fvoip_outage/> 
>
> Apparently not everyone came out unscathed.
>
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> Brandon Jackson
> bjackson () napshome net <mailto:bjackson () napshome net>
>
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 10:14 AM Aaron Gould <aaron1 () gvtc com <mailto:aaron1 () gvtc com>> wrote:
> My gosh, what in the word was that coming out of my local Akamai aanp servers yesterday !?  starting at about 12:00 
> noon central time lasting several hours ?
>
>  
>
> -Aaron