# Internet Overload Today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 1, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-overload-today/198983 "2003-09-01T16:38:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-overload-today/198983/1 "2003-09-01T16:38:45Z")
Man! Can’t get to **Yahoo** , **this** place lets me _read_ but won’t let me post (so what else is new, Q?), and **Car Talk** is screwed as well. Y’all havin’ the same problems as me this Labor Day? Let’s see if this goes through… Q ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-overload-today/198983/2 "2003-09-01T17:29:04Z")
Only here, **Q.** Everywhere else I’ve been has been fine. ---
**Author:** ![hoboonmoto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hoboonmoto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hoboonmoto)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-overload-today/198983/3 "2003-09-02T13:30:14Z")
Half the damn country was covered by rain. = lots of people off work with nothing to do. Yeah! its tues. ---
**Author:** ![yawndave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/43a26b/32.png) [@yawndave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawndave)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-overload-today/198983/4 "2003-09-02T17:44:17Z")
Here at the library in San Diego, I can’t get to hotmail, or even [msn.com](http://msn.com). No trouble getting to yahoo, though. Perhaps everyone is deleting all those bogus emails after a long weekend? ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-overload-today/198983/5 "2003-09-02T20:33:11Z")
Yahoo was extremely slow all last week. I attributed it to the sobig thing. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-overload-today/198983/6 "2003-09-02T20:39:53Z")
We’ll it’s not yet 7am here, but everything’s quite fast, and i’m having no trouble with US sites. Even the SDMB is being suprisingly good, and my board is doing ok too (it’s based in California -oh the shame! 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-overload-today/198983/7 "2003-09-02T21:51:14Z")
There is something up with msn, msnbc, and hotmail, we took probably hundreds of calls today from people who couldn’t get to those sites specifically. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-overload-today/198983/8 "2003-09-02T22:19:30Z")
Is it anything to do with that BigOldF (or whatever it’s called) virus? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-overload-today/198983/9 "2003-09-03T00:14:29Z")
Shortly after I posted the above, everything came back at its normal speed. I didn’t go to hotmail because I never use it as my primary e-mail anymore. Thanks! Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-overload-today/198983/10 "2003-09-03T00:14:29Z")
Shortly after I posted the above, everything came back at its normal speed. I didn’t go to hotmail because I never use it as my primary e-mail anymore. Thanks! Q ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-overload-today/198983/11 "2003-09-03T15:41:15Z")
Yep, MS stuff was down, are they powered by IBM? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-overload-today/198983/12 "2003-09-03T16:03:00Z")
My yahoo e-mail is currently down. Anyone else?