# Is Steam Down - Very Handy Website

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steam-down-very-handy-website/683651>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 13, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steam-down-very-handy-website/683651 "2014-03-13T23:04:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steam-down-very-handy-website/683651/1 "2014-03-13T23:04:19Z")

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So for the last few hours Steam has been telling me my computer isn’t connected to the interned or not configured for Steam.

I was at a loss to figure out how this could be so after a bit of goggling I found [http://www.issteamdown.com/](http://www.issteamdown.com/)

Maybe you guys knew about this already but I didn’t and at least now I know if it’s me or not.

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steam-down-very-handy-website/683651/2 "2014-03-14T13:40:42Z")

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I did the same thing as you did, yesterday, and came up with the same site. Handy!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steam-down-very-handy-website/683651/3 "2014-03-15T00:30:40Z")

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I use [http://steamstat.us/](http://steamstat.us/) (actually linked to in the OP’s link). Gives a bit more info.

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steam-down-very-handy-website/683651/4 "2014-03-15T02:57:05Z")

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I’m partial to

[http://downdetector.com](http://downdetector.com)

That also covers steam, among others.