Wikipedia went down for a couple of hours yesterday. The reason? Some dumb ass managed to sever the fiber cables connecting the site’s servers in Florida.
https://gizmodo.com/wikipedias-main-page-is-down-and-other-entries-are-load-5932103
The Telegraph reports that Wikipedia is adamant the incident isn’t a result of foul play. More likely, it was an inept laborer who managed to accidentally cut two over-land cables that run between Tampa and Virginia.
Still, the outage only lasted a few hours, so for anyone writing up a college paper the delays shouldn’t have caused too much heartache. [Telegraph]
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