Forget UN having control of the internet...just please take it away from SBC!!
This is the first time I've been able to access anything since shortly after 1 PM CST.
Our phones have been messed up (we could call, but the person on the other end couldn't hear us). And we've had no internet access. I saw one of our UTMB tech support guys and I asked him how much longer. He informed me that it was island-wide. Then we got this in our email:
Network advisory: SBC working to resolve Internet, telephone outages on campus and around the region
Currently, the UTMB campus is experiencing a loss of connectivity to the Internet. Additionally, some incoming telephone calls are not getting through to campus, and there have been reports of other outages in the Galveston area. Information Services reports that the problem resides within Southwestern Bell's regional network. SBC is working to isolate and correct the problem, and Information Services is monitoring the situation closely. More information will be posted as it becomes available.
One of my co-workers said that she went out during lunch and heard that the outage was almost all the way to Houston. My first thought was that something got cut during the work on the new causeway. But when I heard that it was on the mainland also, I realized my guess wasn't it. I don't really see how it could have affected everyone on the island since not everyone uses SBC for local phone service or for DSL (I do for both). I'm sure those who use AOL or other dial-up ISP's and have SBC phone service may have been affected. However, cable modem users were probably okay.
So, did anyone else in the area have that problem also?