Tim Garrison

Software Engineering manager @ IBM. Husband to a beautiful wife. Proud father of a crazy son. 3d Printing n00b.

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

@block0987 Looks like it's back online. \o/ ROCK ON!

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

@block0987 Yep. I'm seeing it on my personal computer and on my work computer. I guess this is just the universe telling me to listen to these meetings instead of music. :P

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

It's a sad day when @Spotify is all sorts of broken. It's even sadder when @SpotifyStatus isn't saying anything.

#music #spotify #outage

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

Is it absurd for me to expect companies to be transparent about service outages?

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

@SimFabric What's the outlook for this game actually being delivered sometime in the decade, @SimFabric ?

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

@AskFrontier It's clearly bigger than just my connection. I get tired of these "please DM me" type responses all the time; Please just be transparent with everyone and admit if there's an issue. I gave you sufficient detail to answer.

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

Hey @FrontierCorp, is something broken between DFW and the rest of the internet? I can’t get to anything and I’m seeing lots of packet loss starting at https://t.co/fRLLcMwLcV. Ingress is failing after ae101—https://t.co/opRprnJqA7.

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

@ItsMrAnonymous Also, it happens with Comfinity.

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

The only times I come to X? When my internet is down and the only way to get a semi-human response is via this platform. #frontier #centurylink #outage #worstpossibletime

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

@ItsMrAnonymous Yeah. They’re everywhere but this outage appears to be for anyone who transit Dallas.

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

@microsoft and @AsoboStudio - When y’all announced MSFS 24 at FSExpo in Houston, and you said it would use a download-on-demand model, my stomach turned. When my internet is down, I am reminded why. I hope my $200 is going to use somewhere to make things better.

[James Spann @spann]

Long time followers here know that I don’t do politics, and there’s no political content on this account. I vote; and that’s it. The world does not need another social media nitwit telling people how to think and vote. 

This post is not about politics, but about support for my friends that work for the National Weather Service, part of NOAA, a federal agency.

NWS meteorologists work long, hard hours serving the people of this country, not only during times of severe weather, but on the routine days as well.

Their surface and upper air observation networks along with computer models, radars, and satellites are critical for all meteorologists, including those of us in the private sector. 

Most NWS field offices are currently understaffed right now. I can only imagine morale is not especially high. 

Many high-level politicians follow this page, both Democrats and Republicans. I would encourage them and all of you to support my colleagues at the National Weather Service during this time. Their service is absolutely invaluable. 

If NWS products and services are reduced, we all suffer…especially during times of life-threatening weather. 

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

@FrontierCorp what’s up in Dallas that brought everything after ae5—scr04 to start failing around 03:50Z?

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

Hey @CenturyLink , what’s going on in Dallas that just killed all my traffic out of Houston?

[isaac mills @isaacmi10747077]

@MSFS_Support

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

@MSFS_Support I don't have a slow internet connection by any means, but consider the people who do. Also, consider your own network infrastructure when you launch a highly-anticipated product like this. Learn from others' mistakes. Be prepared to scale up when you need it. Elastic Scalabilty!

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

@MSFS_Support When y'all announced this at FSExpo 2023, and said that only what was needed would be downloaded when it was needed, I predicted this exact issue.

Rebooting and starting the app again just starts at the beginning, trying to download everything all over again.

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

@AskFrontier

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

Hey frontier, it’s down again. What is going on? Another “fiber issue”?

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

Hey frontier, it’s down again. What is going on? Another “fiber issue”?

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

@AskFrontier I don’t doubt that one bit. I know how densely packed those small fibers are, and I am familiar with how tedious they are to repair.

For what it’s worth: I misread what you said before as a fiber cut. If it’s something else then that’s a much better outlook.

[Tim Garrison @RealSkudd]

Thank you to @FrontierCorp for sharing more detail. Unfortunately #fiber cuts are bad news, complicated, and costly to repair. I personally don’t expect for this to be resolved before the end of the work day. #Frontier #internet #outage

[Ask Frontier @AskFrontier]

@RealSkudd Good afternoon Tim. I have your account number on file. I discovered an outage impacting over 31,000 customers. This situation is caused by a fiber issue. Our team is currently addressing this problem to resolve it for you. At this me there is no ETR. - Rob