The BBC is currently suffering from intermittent internet service outages this morning. All BBC web-based services have been affected including iPlayer and the main news website.
DownDetector has shown a dramatic rise in reports of the websites being unavailable from around 7am too, the website is showing 500 error pages, with some parts of the website not loading at all, and others partially loading. It seems that radio and television broadcasting services are not affected but many of the services remain offline.
BBC have tweeted an apology via their Twitter account.
We're aware of a technical issue affecting the BBC website and are working to fix this now. We'll update you as soon as we can.
— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) December 31, 2015
The last outage that the BBC encountered was back in 2011 due to technical issues and later in 2o12 the BBC revealed that it had been under cyber attack which took its telephone and e-mail services offline. However, the cause of this outage has not currently been confirmed, but we will post more information as we find it.
https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/682478335289651200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/MintRoyale/status/682480371112505345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
@hobbitrob @stephenfry Hi, we’re experiencing some technical issues at the moment which we hope to resolve soon. Sorry for the inconvenience
— BBC iPlayer (@BBCiPlayer) December 31, 2015
When such a big website goes down, it can be a major inconvenience for quite a lot of people. Especially for a site like BBC, which is a hub for many around the world for breaking news, weather, and so much more.
No one seems to understand how computers work any more. They scramble around trying to find the problem. What they ought to do, is just hit the reset button, unplug from the network, and find the entry point.
A message to the BBC: Try Bitdefender. It’s a pretty decent program, if this wasn’t a hack.
BBC. who cares anymore. Paedophile protecting, decent host firing assholes.