{"id":10141,"date":"2011-02-17T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"is-adsl-down-afrihost-and-other-isps-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/10141-is-adsl-down-afrihost-and-other-isps-affected","title":{"rendered":"IS ADSL down &#8211; Afrihost and other ISPs affected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Internet Solutions started  experiencing network problems shortly after 09:00 today (17 February  2011), causing an ADSL outage for numerous ADSL service providers,  including Afrihost and Openweb clients.<\/p>\n<p>Many ADSL subscribers complained about being connected, but not  getting any throughput. Initial feedback from subscribers suggests that  it is a nationwide problem.<\/p>\n<p>Internet Solutions (IS) was asked for comment about the network  problems, but the company could not immediately say what is causing the  downtime or when it will be resolved. IS did however promise feedback  soon.<\/p>\n<p>Afrihost&rsquo;s ADSL network status page indicated that &ldquo;All systems are  performing within specified parameters&rdquo; but did say that they are  experiencing a problem with their phones &ldquo;due to an unexpected line  outage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Openweb&rsquo;s Keoma Wright informed subscribers that &ldquo;There is currently a  major DSL outage nationally on the IS network. Clients may experience  little to no connectivity&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">IS representative Duncan Alfers has issued the  following statement: &ldquo;There was a major Telkom power failure in  Rosebank. The faulty equipment is being replaced and services should now  be back to normal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power failure breaks local internet access for IS users<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}