I mean I blame it on the inadequate capacity of Windstream to handle modern TCP 
traffic loads - but hey. You know. 

-Ben Cannon
CEO 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC 
b...@6by7.net <mailto:b...@6by7.net>




> On Jan 25, 2020, at 11:35 AM, Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> wrote:
> 
> Shouldn't game patches like this be released overnight during off-peak hours? 
> Fortnite releases their updates around 3 or 4am when most ISP's networks are 
> at their lowest utilization. It seems somewhat reckless to release such a 
> large patch during awake hours. 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 12:08 PM Brandon Jackson via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org 
> <mailto:nanog@nanog.org>> wrote:
> "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fragged our business VOIP: US ISP blames outage 
> on smash-hit video game rush
> This is Windstream, going dark..."
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/23/windstream_fvoip_outage/ 
> <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/23/windstream_fvoip_outage/> 
> 
> Apparently not everyone came out unscathed.
> 
> ----------------------------------
> Brandon Jackson
> bjack...@napshome.net <mailto:bjack...@napshome.net>
> 
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 10:14 AM Aaron Gould <aar...@gvtc.com 
> <mailto:aar...@gvtc.com>> wrote:
> My gosh, what in the word was that coming out of my local Akamai aanp servers 
> yesterday !?  starting at about 12:00 noon central time lasting several hours 
> ?
> 
>  
> 
> -Aaron
> 

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