KUALA LUMPUR - The world’s Internet traffic slowed down dramatically over the weekend and network services firm CloudFlare has identified the problem as having been temporarily caused by a Malaysian firm, reported industry publication CloudPro.
“The world’s Internet slowed dramatically after an outage affecting internet service provider Level 3’s network hit a number of other ISPs around the globe last week,” the industry publication reported.
“Not only did people report their web surfing had slowed, but it also impacted various websites using Level 3’s services – including eBay and Yahoo Mail, plus gaming services PSN and Xbox Live.”
While CloudFlare did not identify the Malaysian firm, another industry publication The A Channel reported that one of Level 3’s networks (AS3549 – Global Crossing) made a traffic routing blunder and “immediately proceeded to dump huge amounts of traffic on the tiny Telekom Malaysia”.
“This is way more traffic than Telekom Malaysia was prepared to handle,” reported The A Channel, though it noted that: “Plenty of debate continues as to the exact cause and nature of the outage”.
Level 3 had earlier said in a statement: “Our network is currently experiencing service disruptions affecting customers in Europe, Middle-East and Africa, and globally.
“Ensuring the stability of our network and communications services is our primary concern and we are dedicated to minimising impact to our customers. Our technicians have isolated the issue and are currently completing the necessary remedial works. We are starting to see normal service return.” - Therakyapost
Source: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=532991:the-day-telekom-malaysia-slowed-down-the-worlds-internet&Itemid=3#ixzz3dBjj6at9
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