At 10:22 AM 09/11/2001 -0400, Seth Finkelstein wrote: > "Warren E. Agin" > > I've been trying to get on a newsite, but abc.com, abcnews.com, > > nbc.com, msnbc.com, cbs.com, foxnews.com and boston.com are all having > > problems. Yahoo and MSN are up. > > I can attest that boston.com is functioning in Boston. Can't >say if you could reach it from another part of the country. > > > I wonder if the problem is just server overload, or something else. > > There seems to be some major links out of action. I can't >traceroute to cnn.com, for example. I *speculate* it's collateral >damage from the explosions in Manhattan. That is, I sure wouldn't hang >around to keep computer working in this situation. Highly unlikely to be physical damage; it's just slashdotted because everybody with an internet connection tried it first. The San Francisco Chronicle is still working because it's early morning on the West Coast; they're sfgate.com, picture on the front page, and the AP story is at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2001/09/11/national0920EDT0530.DTL