Internic WHOIS down?

The whois database has been up and down (mainly down when I've tried to use
it) for about two days now .. anyone know why/when it'll be fixed?

The whois database has been up and down (mainly down when I've tried to use
it) for about two days now .. anyone know why/when it'll be fixed?

  Seems to be working now, but I found out that I have to use
whois.arin.net for IP queries. Don't know if this is new or not...been a
while since I've had to do it.

Louis