DNS 8.8.8.8 was down

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Google DNS was down few minutes, at least for few European locations

Here is sample traceroute:

  4 213.242.116.25 (213.242.116.25) 39.692 ms 39.776 ms 39.774 ms
  5 ae-7-7.ebr1.Paris1.Level3.net (4.69.143.238) 50.933 ms 50.792 ms 50.793 ms
  6 ae-47-47.ebr1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.143.109) 57.353 ms ae-45-45.ebr1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.143.101) 57.580 ms ae-48-48.ebr1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.143.113) 57.582 ms
  7 ae-57-112.csw1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.153.118) 57.577 ms ae-58-113.csw1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.153.122) 57.693 ms ae-57-112.csw1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.153.118) 57.817 ms
  8 ae-1-51.edge3.London1.Level3.net (4.69.139.73) 57.654 ms 57.631 ms 57.768 ms
  9 unknown.Level3.net (212.113.15.186) 57.958 ms 57.531 ms 57.643 ms
10 209.85.255.78 (209.85.255.78) 57.732 ms 57.598 ms 57.573 ms
11 209.85.253.92 (209.85.253.92) 58.300 ms 209.85.253.196 (209.85.253.196) 57.941 ms 209.85.253.94 (209.85.253.94) 58.002 ms
12 72.14.232.134 (72.14.232.134) 63.726 ms 66.249.95.173 (66.249.95.173) 63.614 ms 72.14.232.134 (72.14.232.134) 63.699 ms

After this hop it was dead, now it is working, but seems still there is minor problems
14 216.239.46.117 (216.239.46.117) 64.171 ms * *
15 google-public-dns-a.google.com (8.8.8.8) 63.749 ms 63.729 ms 63.680 ms

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We also observed this issue...

# traceroute 8.8.8.8
traceroute to 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 r1.ldn.uk.sharedband.net (109.68.192.1) 0.480 ms 0.515 ms 0.523 ms
2 195.66.224.125 (195.66.224.125) 0.451 ms 0.453 ms 0.445 ms
3 64.233.175.27 (64.233.175.27) 0.708 ms 0.702 ms 64.233.175.25 (64.233.175.25) 0.387 ms
4 209.85.253.92 (209.85.253.92) 13.737 ms 209.85.253.90 (209.85.253.90) 1.434 ms 209.85.253.196 (209.85.253.196) 1.010 ms
5 72.14.232.134 (72.14.232.134) 6.553 ms 66.249.95.173 (66.249.95.173) 6.549ms 72.14.232.134 (72.14.232.134) 6.404 ms
6 * * *
7 * * *
8 * * *

Looks like it was Google (72.14.232.134)

Gary Steers
Sharedband NOC/3rd Line Support

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Some people saw it from .za as well, although apparently 8.8.4.4 is unaffected.