Did the entire Internet break at around 4.20pm?

[zappaDPJ]

Every BQM I can see shows a drop in service at around 4.20pm which lasted for around 5 minutes.

[Technical Ben]

Wind?  No not that kind...

But could it have caused a sudden break somewhere with a tree/electrical fault then take a second to "fall over" in more ways than one? 

[Simon]

I didn't actually notice anything, but my phone was downloading and upgrading it's OS at the time, so other than that, I wasn't doing anything online. 

[zappaDPJ]

There's nothing in my modem log but it does appear to be on everyone's BQM regardless of provider.

[Clive]

I don't think I was online at that time.

[Bill]

TBB went down briefly at that time, both the main site and the forums.

It had gone down earlier in the day for a more extended period too, but it didn't affect the BQMs for some reason.

Presumably they were working on the servers and something wasn't ready for showtime... maybe a new version of the main site, I know they've been working on one.

[zappaDPJ]

That would explain it. It's so reliable it never occurred to me it would be a problem at their end. Thanks Bill

[Simon_idnet]

They suffered a DoS attack yesterday afternoon.

[Clive]

Can I ask what TBB is?   

[Ray]

ThinkBroadband site, Clive.

[Clive]

Ah!  Thanks Ray.