September 2023 - Outages

Apparently Equifax is down for consumers and businesses.
by Chapman, Brad (NBCUniversal) 13 Jul '26

13 Jul '26

I was ordering fiber optic internet from Frontier Communications—my doctor said I should consume more fiber—but their system said my credit check failed and was demanding an equipment deposit. I pushed back. They ran it three times. Then they got word in a group chat that Equifax’s consumer and business portals are down, so they can’t process any credit checks. Woe be unto you if you work in finance or support a business that depends on this service. I hope they didn’t have another breach. Maybe they will need a tiny excavator to dig them out of this mess like that freighter stuck in the Suez canal<https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/mcw8og/new_pictures_f…> for the last two days... Cheers, Brad

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Lumen congestion in North Las Vegas
by Syed Khan 21 Sep '23

21 Sep '23

We experienced severe degradation in network over Lumen circuit in Las Vegas area starting arround 4:30 PM PST. Anything going on in this region ?

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Fiber cut - Zayo - Phoenix / EdgeConneX
by Scott Harvanek 18 Sep '23

18 Sep '23

Looks like a repeat from yesterday - multiple Zayo circuits down outside of EdgeConneX in phoenix. For us we see Zayo wave, long-haul and dark all down that traverses this area. MegaPort services in EdgeConneX also appear to be on this fiber as well and are being impacted. Outage coordinates from yesterday were 33.40010, -111.96783 * *

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OC192 Fault - Minneapolis/Chicago
by lamryabenrob＠gmail.com 14 Sep '23

14 Sep '23

We lost a DS3 around 16:25:00 US Central time. Lumen has confirmed the disruption involves an OC192 between Minneapolis and Chicago. No repair timeframe provided. Last update: On 09/14/23 at 21:30PM GMT, Lumen identified a service impact in 21:25 GMT WI, IL, MN. As this network fault is impacting multiple clients, the event has increased visibility with Lumen leadership. As such, client trouble tickets associated to this fault have been automatically escalated to higher priority

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Fortinet DNS outage
by Cas de Reuver 13 Sep '23

13 Sep '23

FYI: Fortinet DNS servers are down, fortiguard.com itself is unreachable as well. If you do DNS filtering, it might be a good idea to enable "Allow DNS requests when a rating error occurs" so outages like these don't affect you. -- Cas de Reuver http://reuver.co

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Comcast Metro-E Chicago and Suburbs
by Dustin Sneath 07 Sep '23

07 Sep '23

Received via a family member who works for a School in the area, and confirmed by Comcast. Services down since 4:40PM CT with no current ETR. Appears to affect a North/South line of communities stretching from O'Hare to Bridge view. That's all the info I have; if anyone can provide anything more technical that would be appreciated.

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Lincoln, Nebraska 911 down
by Andy Ringsmuth 02 Sep '23

02 Sep '23

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911 down in Nebraska
by Ryan McGinnis 01 Sep '23

01 Sep '23

Major 911 outage affecting multiple counties in Nebraska; getting some info from people working EMS that it’s statewide. Started roughly 50 minutes ago. -Ryan McGinnis ryan(a)digicana.com [https://bigstormpicture.com](http://bigstormpicture.com) GPG: 5C73 8727 EE58 786A 777C 4F1D B5AA 3FA3 486E D7AD

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