The Official "What did you do while CP was down' Thread

[Locke]

Oh Great CP, why hast thou forsaken me????

I got work done. Real, actual work. It was horrible. Do non-CP people do this all the time? I cant see how they stand it.

[albertGQ]

Was CP down recently?

[photon]

It was just inaccessible for some people for most of the morning due to Shaw routing issues.

[Dion]

Played golf

[squiggs96]

I think I was even less efficient than normal, as I kept trying to get onto CP. I then felt my work had blocked the domain, so I started to try clear all traces of it on my computer. I'm sure they are still all there, but at least I tried. Once I saw what was written today, I was able to go back to work.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by photon

It was just inaccessible for some people for most of the morning due to Shaw routing issues.

Shaw didn't get caught by the 512k issue, did it?

[photon]

Lol I was just wondering the same thing!!

[Resolute 14]

Seems like that is what people are blaming it on...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08...s_out_to_play/

As an example of the latter, while I don't yet have official confirmation yet from Canadian ISP Shaw, there are some indications are that the "mystery routing sickness" which affected its network (and which continues at time of publishing) could be related to the "512KDay" issue.
It is possible the issues I experienced with Shaw could be down to routers hitting the 512K limit. Theoretically, these routers could have hit the magic number and then been unable to route individual protocols (such as RDP, for example, although we cannot confirm this is so in Shaw's case) to the Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) systems that the ISP uses to create a "slow lane" enhance our internet experience*. We have contacted the ISP for comment but it had yet to respond at the time of publication.

[Barnet Flame]

Drank some wine, checked out some other sites and learned that Sky Sports in the UK is broadcasting for free on Saturday.