UPDATE: Comcast tweeted at 12:38 p.m. PT, saying that issues should be resolved for almost all customers.
https://twitter.com/comcastcares/status/927636388517838848
CenturyLink-owned Level 3, also tweeted this:
https://twitter.com/level3noc/status/927633534424141824
Original story: Spotty internet connections affected numerous people in the Seattle area and across the country on Monday morning.
Just after 10 a.m. PT, users across the Seattle region — including several GeekWire staffers — reported slow internet speeds. Some folks had a connection, but couldn’t access specific sites or apps.
https://twitter.com/ABomb88/status/927604976087588864
https://twitter.com/moerkarimi/status/927607470259716096
https://twitter.com/SEAstartupweek/status/927605400848834560
People outside of Washington were also reporting issues.
https://twitter.com/bonehook/status/927606608829411328
https://twitter.com/aegies/status/927603973871230976
https://twitter.com/TamaraBusch/status/927606283670376448
https://twitter.com/emelcee3/status/927607839194996736
DownDetector.com noted widespread outages for Comcast customers across the country. Here’s a look at 11 a.m. PT:
Comcast addressed the “issues” in a series of tweets — judging by the responses, and the #comcastoutage hashtag, people aren’t happy.
https://twitter.com/comcastcares/status/927605656248451072
https://twitter.com/comcastcares/status/927622315734589440
Some people opted to use a VPN or Google’s public DNS as a way to regain full connection.
https://twitter.com/MattUlbrich/status/927621001059414017
https://twitter.com/jonbellah/status/927620170440478722
A CenturyLink spokesperson said the only outage in Washington was a small phone line problem in Silverdale, Wash.
We’ve followed up with Comcast to learn more about the outages and will update this post when we hear back.
Some folks used the problem to talk about municipal broadband, one of the main topics debated by Seattle’s mayoral candidates.
https://twitter.com/Nick_Cassella/status/927610096892362752
https://twitter.com/Julie188/status/927616800329629696