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by zknz 2373 days ago
Is that is a terrible headline, or an association for what disappears when the internet is down?
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Neither, I think. From the article

> The company told internet service providers to connect to its other servers to "route around the problem".

I believe this means they changed their DNS settings and waited for it to propagate. This implies that the internet in general was accessible, but some larger companies that bought part of a fiber cable were inaccessible over that line.

Probably BGP rather than DNS?
I wouldn't know. Thanks!