Sunspots are annoying.

[otto-san]

So internet for my ENTIRE city went down for about two days because of sun spots and literally just came back up.

Both DSL and cable.

Has this happened to anyone else?

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[Stocking]

How does a sun spot knock out cable lines?

[otto-san]

How does a sun spot knock out cable lines?

No clue, it was internet only.

Our television was still working.

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I'm sorry what.

[otto-san]

I'm sorry what.

tl;dr: wicked naughty sunspots killed our internet for a day or so

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tl;dr: wicked naughty sunspots killed our internet for a day or so

two days

[otto-san]

a day or so

or so

[Nickelob Ultra]

This is almost as stupid as sunspots being blamed for illnesses and ailments.

I highly doubt a few explosions on the sun's surface, which happen pretty much every minute since the entire damn ball of fire is literally a nuclear reaction every second, will cause the internet to go out.  More likely the ISP of the city accidentally tripped some important cable or they had to do some maintenance.

[otto-san]

This is almost as stupid as sunspots being blamed for illnesses and ailments.

I highly doubt a few explosions on the sun's surface, which happen pretty much every minute since the entire damn ball of fire is literally a nuclear reaction every second, will cause the internet to go out.  More likely the ISP of the city accidentally tripped some important cable or they had to do some maintenance.

I was wondering this too.

They blame sunspots, I'll go with that until they admit they lied.

[JD]

Sunspots can forget with electromagnetic fields. They CAN do this.. just. usually only really powerful ones.

[Nitramtj]

This is almost as stupid as sunspots being blamed for illnesses and ailments.

I highly doubt a few explosions on the sun's surface, which happen pretty much every minute since the entire damn ball of fire is literally a nuclear reaction every second, will cause the internet to go out.  More likely the ISP of the city accidentally tripped some important cable or they had to do some maintenance.

Sunspots are a real threat, although I'd like to hear the science behind why only the internet would go down.

[Ciam86]

Yep, 7th grade science tells you that sunspots have magnetic waves that are sent through space.
It forgets with satellites mostly. I remember my XM radio being knocked out for half the day once.

[Night Fox]

Sunspots can forget with electromagnetic fields. They CAN do this.. just. usually only really powerful ones.

yeah...

http://wimp.com/hugeexplosion/