# Internet outage Amherst area 3/16?

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [March 16, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255 "2012-03-16T07:48:42Z")
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### Author: ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/1 "2012-03-16T07:48:42Z")

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Just lost all connectivity at our office, which I assumed was our crack team of r-tards in IT but I can’t ping my home server from my phone either. Same with two friends who have home servers on the Amherst/Cheektowaga line. Interesting because 3 are FIOS and one is Time Warner.

Edit: First customer call about his Internet being down, and he’s in Ohio.

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### Author: ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/2 "2012-03-16T07:51:42Z")

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My house comes from the Amherst TWC hub and its fine?

Edit: I just talked to one of the network engineers apparently they’re having some cable modem issues…It’s effecting a large area not just Amherst.

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### Author: ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/3 "2012-03-16T08:14:13Z")

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FiOS is working amazing as always in Amherst.

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### Author: ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/4 "2012-03-16T08:33:41Z")

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> [@LZ](#):
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> My house comes from the Amherst TWC hub and its fine?
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> Edit: I just talked to one of the network engineers apparently they’re having some cable modem issues…It’s effecting a large area not just Amherst.

Well, my office is Verizon fios so you might want to let those engineers know its not your hardware. 🙂

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### Author: ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/5 "2012-03-16T08:34:49Z")

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It might be unrelated Verizons network is configured way differently from TWC peering points etc.

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### Author: ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/6 "2012-03-16T08:47:25Z")

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vzw dsl is ok here in EA.

no idea on FiOS at home but I havent heard anything from my brother.

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### Author: ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/7 "2012-03-16T08:54:41Z")

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Swung by the house on lunch and can confirm zero connectivity here with FIOS.

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### Author: ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/8 "2012-03-16T09:23:29Z")

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Time warner out in Hamburg.

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### Author: ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/9 "2012-03-16T09:35:32Z")

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Have good Time warner here in West Seneca.

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### Author: ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/10 "2012-03-16T09:51:13Z")

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Just had some networks go down here at work, and downforeveryone said our site was down. Paetec is the provider though. Maybe a Level 3 problem?

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### Author: ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/11 "2012-03-16T09:54:51Z")

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Everything back up and running as of about 30 minutes ago here and @ home.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/12 "2012-03-16T09:56:03Z")

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![http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/04/screen-grabs-linksys-internet.jpg](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/04/screen-grabs-linksys-internet.jpg)

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### Author: ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/13 "2012-03-16T10:12:09Z")

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Hahahaha ^ Perfect

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### Author: ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/14 "2012-03-16T10:32:21Z")

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> [@maxwell](#):
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Well done sir.

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### Author: ![Dekar12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dekar12](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dekar12)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/internet-outage-amherst-area-3-16/221255/15 "2012-03-20T17:59:41Z")

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Anyone else having trouble in WNY tonight? Over in Pendleton and everything is really really laggy.
