On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 10:06 AM Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > > e...@gmx.us wrote: > > On 7/18/24 02:06, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > My ISP is RTA. I am in a rural area near Austinn, Texas, and have a > > > > 10/1 microwave link. Could the problem be with RTA? > > > > It's probably a routing issue between you and them. Or maybe "delivery > > content network" (That's what it's called, right? A company with fat pipes > > in several places that rents out their bandwidth.) got temporarily > > misconfigured. their I've had instances where one or more sites become > > inaccessible for minutes or hours, then work again. > > > Content delivery network -- in this case, Akamai, which I used > to work for 20 years ago. > > The 429 error indicates either that the local node is > overwhelmed (unlikely) or that the client has asked for a limit > on traffic to prevent a giant bill.
I think the company is currently in a downward spiral. Saving money sounds like a plausible reason for the problems with its website. Confer, <https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/14/online-pet-goods-retailer-chewy-lays-off-200-employees/>. Jeff
