Google Fails, Talks about Flight Paths to Asia

[JMcEntegart]

Google issued an apology for a problem with the company’s system that saw disruptions spanning several Google services for extended periods of time last week.

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[smithereen]

I'm not worried. This is the first problem I've had with them - they beat pretty much any other Internet service.

 

[hellwig]

Apparently Google's "everything remains in beta" philosophy applies to their webhosting as well. How do you accidently route 14% of your traffic through asia?

I've never been affected by a google outtage, but monthly reports on outtages don't give me much confidence that they know what they're doing. Some people pay a big premium for reliability, but I guess while Google remains free we're going to keep getting what we pay for. I feel sorry for companies that pay google for things like Corporate Email and whatnot.

 

[tenor77]

Translation: Imagine a clusterfuck of problems.

 

[njalterio]

Ahhh.........this might explain why I was getting an error message in gmail about my system administrator blocking the chat function...

 

[hillarymakesmecry]

It got pretty slow for me. I couldn't use google for a spell.

 

[ricardok]

We had a problem of sorts here in Brazil.. But one hour?? It was more likely two and a half hours...

 

[ravewulf]

I don't think I was using anything Google related at the time, so I wouldn't have noticed. It is nice to see the humor in the plane analogy though

 

[stlunatic]

yeah, I couldnt look for porn using google, so I had to use yahoo.

 

[maigo]

14% for an hour... out 8760 hours in a year... that's not bad.
Also does anyone remember not to put all your eggs in one basket?

 

[vir_cotto]

I had problems, any site that used google's ad services wouldn't work for me along with gmail and google maps and such. But hey it's all good now.

 

[B-Unit]

Yea, I got hit. I thought it was a sure sign of the apocalypse if Google search was down. Fortunately, I was wrong...

 

[Ciuy]

loool

 

[Vettedude]

When Google was down for me, I though of the Tom's article on how the internet would collapse in 2012. I was like, "3 years early, dang!"

 

[Guest]

At least they are mature enough to blame them selves and apologize for it...
Not that they really have to, since most of us use their services all for free

 

[michaelahess]

If their NOC was working properly they should have noticed the huge spike, or dip depending on the side, and immediately notified whomever made the change. Sounds like a broken system to me.

 

[blaze589]

It's not a big deal. Google is a large company and is obligated by its notoriety to better itself and to ensure that service downtime isn't equated with the Google branding. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...

 

[sandmanwn]

Rookie routing error.