The issue seems to be an Eircom DNS problem. They are aware of it but have still not found a solution. For the moment, you may want to try using and 194.125.2.241 These are BT DNS servers. They may give you a more reliable connection. Darragh Blog and Linux accessibility walk-through's: www.digitaldarragh.com -----Original Message----- From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Scanlon, Tony Sent: Fri 23/01/2009 12:00 To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Eircom experiencing a crytical issue today. Hi Darragh I don't think you will receive this anytime soon, our e-mail and web site are down at present so I was surprised to get your message. Tony. -----Original Message----- From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darragh Sent: 23 January 2009 10:24 To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Eircom experiencing a crytical issue today. Hello, If you are unlucky enough to use an Eircom broadband connection, be aware that they are experiencing a national issue today. It looks like the issue started around half four yesterday afternoon however what started as a decrease in available bandwidth has progressed to complete outages in the majority of areas throughout the country. From what I gather this issue is effecting most if not all government offices however, if your recieving this and your in a department then then I'd be interested in hearing from you. We have two other separate Eircom connections that are up at the moment however the main connection has been down all morning. Roomer is thtat Eircom have spread them selves too thin and as a result has fallen over. Darragh This e-mail and any attached files are from FAS and are confidential. This E-mail is intended only for the addressee indicated in the message. If you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy, distribute or use the information but please delete the email as soon as possible. Any views or opinions expressed in the email are those of the sender only and not necessarily those of FAS. FAS - Training and Employment Authority P.O. Box 456, 27-33 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Tel: 353-1-6070500, Fax: 353-1-6070600, Email: info@xxxxxxx =========================================================== The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org