Centurylink experiencing major disruptions right now

Centurylink, an American ISP formerly known as Qwest, is currently experiencing major network issues. Subscribers have reported sever packet loss once connections reach CenturyLink's servers. Calling the customer support hotline 877-787-3987 will give you a static filled message about how their support ticketing system is currently down and they are working to resolve the issue.



Traceroutes to various sites including DuckDuckGo, WetfishOnline, Netflix, DigitalOcean, and Wetfish.space are all reporting up to 50% packet loss, however Google.com seems mostly unaffected.


Look at this destruction. The internet is in ruins

It's all on fire

Reminds me of being internet tech support during the Code Red worm way way way back. :P

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/nationwide-internet-outage-affects-centurylink-60041527

The outage knocked out 911 emergency call services in parts of western Washington state. KOMO reports that some CenturyLink customers reported receiving busy signals when dialing 911. Other areas of the country also experiencing 911 outages included parts of Missouri, Idaho and Arizona.

In Idaho, the internet problems caused the temporary shutdown of phone services at the Idaho Department of Correction and the state's Department of Education, The Idaho Statesman reported .

Some ATM machines weren't working in Idaho and Montana.

At North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado, doctors and nurses for a time had difficulty accessing patient records. Rather than using digital devices, they had to take notes with pencil and paper, according to the Greeley Tribune .

WyoLotto officials said they would postpone announcing Wyoming's winning state lottery numbers and winnings for the day until after the outage was over.

Verizon said it had service interruptions in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and parts of Montana as a result of issues with CenturyLink. Verizon said CenturyLink helps handle wireless network data traffic for Verizon and other wireless providers.

Hacker News picked up the story

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18775352

It?s not entirely clear how bad it is yet, but this is far more widespread than just Washington.

911 has been down today in major cities in various states across the US, including Arizona, Idaho, Texas, Missouri, Oregon... and maybe more.

I only realized this because I used to live in northern Arizona and received an emergency alert earlier today about 911 service being down in that area... then a couple hours later received the local one for King County, WA. After looking around a bit it turned out to be all over the US.