German Internet Blackout 12/05/2010

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Sorry couldn't find the article only in german language.

Can you provide us with rush transcript? I'm living 50Km eastern of DE border. I had witnessed NO internet colaps here - or in Greece (our company is expanding there).

Its not quite everything,

Many pages are not accessible
German Internet stutters

The classic error in the case.
A routine update has placed the servers of the German domain management Denic out of action. Numerous websites ending with ". De" were therefore not available for hours. Due to the breakdown were also many e-mails vary only with great delay, and reached its recipient.

The Denicie is around 13 million. Com addresses jurisdiction and is responsible to the operation of the German Internet.

Update failed
"Every two hours we update our servers, so that new award. Com domains are available," said the spokeswoman Denic the "Tagesspiegel". In one of the updates was probably something went wrong. To solve the problem, first a backup of an earlier version was recorded. The reason for the update breakdown is not yet known.

According Golem.de possibly the parade, the registry services Denic from Amsterdam to Frankfurt played a role