More on the Great Google Crash of 2009!
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The graph above shows average traffic from ten top North American ISPs sending data to Google’s network. It comes via , a company who's network monitoring system spans over 100 ISPs across 17 countries.
The Google Crash, which they blamed on a rouing issue that sent all of their traffic to Asia, lasted about 2 hours didn't just cause mass panic when people couldn't access their Google services like search and Gmail. It also caused transaction times at online retailers like Target.com to slow to a grinding halt (as much as 81 second load times) likely causing them to lose out on serious revenue.
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