Here's an explanation from our hosting company about problems with the connectivity yesterday:

"From 1:32 PM EST to 7:17 PM EST, ServInt Internet Services experienced a
massive fiber-cut, when MCI-owned and operated OC-48 and OC-12 fiber
strands, including a trunk terminating into ServInt's primary datacenter,
were accidentally cut by VA Department of Transportation (VDOT) in
Northern Virginia. ServInt's MCI-operated circuits arrive at our building
through a collapsed trunk, despite dozens of miles of protected fiber on
our local ring. The cut was so close to ServInt's primary datacenter in
McLean, VA that it affected this portion. Circuits on order are confirmed
to be on a separate ring coming into the building from a different
location. ... I have already signed contracts to add Deutsche
Telecom as a fiber provider. Their connections should come up within the
next couple of weeks. This should give us an additional powerful layer of
network redundancy. ... It has been over 5 1/2 years since the last time
something like this, a major fiber problem, has happened on the ServInt
network. -- ServInt"

Nice to know. Thanks Rollin.

Yep, thanks for the heads up man. =)

thanks fo keepin us informed