Facebook Down: Service Unavailable – DNS failure

By Peter Chubb

23 September, 2010 Social Media 8:34 pm

We have been getting reports that the social network site Facebook has been experiencing problems. It seems as if the site keeps coming up then going down with the message saying Service Unavailable – DNS failure.

I went on a few moments ago and Facebook was down, then tried again and it came back up. We are not certain what it going on, but we do know that the 500 million plus users will not be happy.

Huffington Post reports that DownRightNow said that service disruption” is “likely.” However, we are not certain what is causing the issue. I have had a number of my friends who live in different parts of the world contact me to ask if it was down for me as well – so we know that it is happening in other countries as well.

This is the second time in as many days that Facebook has been down; only yesterday Mashable reported a disruption due to a “third party networking provider.” We wonder if this is the same or a separate issue? Is Facebook down for you?

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melinda

kept happening to me for the past ten minutes on chrome. worked fine with fb touch app on phone.
- emann
  
  same here tried iPod it works but even theres errors on the iPod like loading the chat box to see whos online or even updating news feed
  
  and Im using chrome too for the past 20 mins
- Roberto
  
  Same just happened her on IE8 and worked fine on my blackberry. Oh why does fb move goal posts without warning anybody?
- Guest
  
  it was down for me on chrome but worked on internet explorer this doesnt make sense and also it works on my laptop but not my desktop
- Ally
  
  Yeah it worked on my phone too????
- hhhh
  
  mines working hahaha neh neh na neh neh
- Darlene
  
  DOWNNN
- n1ghtl1ght
  
  Yeap down for me too im in North Yorkshire!
- dina
  
  same here…
- Bob
  
  works on linux
  - Bob
    
    sure does
- Elkin
  
  It's internet based servers. I have been getting redirected for about a week now to another server. Something or someone has been redirecting all of us to a "FAKE" server and we are being raped! lol It's typical. Only a matter of time!
- arfar
  
  has been down for me for the past 2 hours ?????????????
- Soraya
  
  No FB for me either for the last hour, blips in and out but I'm completely out now. 'DRN service' keeps popping up. Very odd. Hope it gets solved soon, feels os out of touch (hahah) crazy facebook .
  Soraya in London.
- Celeste
  
  I have the same issue and is retarded because,i use it for school,and talking to my other foreign friends,so idk if its happening to them too =/
- p3nnyp0ts
  
  FB's not working well in Israel either
guidinggolden

It was down for me here, in CT, USA for about 10-20 minutes. It's back up for me now.
David F.

I typed facebook down and got this link, its def. down, had problems yesterday too (9/22)
Jasta

Facebook down everywhere here in Birmingham (uk)!
Jess White

Same for me for the last 1/2 hour. Can access it through mobile though xx (UK)
guidinggolden

Nevermind. It's touch and go for me. My FB app on my iPhone isn't working either.
Mr Fox

Works fine in opera, Service Unavailable – DNS failure in firefox. Checked on multiple computers…
eraze

India—Here also the same problem for an hour
bub

same here
Paul

Its down right now in the UK. Did manage to log in a few mins ago but down again now. Using Opera.
Aravindhan

It is happening for me now.. i am addicted to facebook Restaurant city game and when i was about to play it.. Service Unavailable – DNS failure i got this error. when i searched in google i got this link.. now i atleast know that there is some problem with facebook and not with my internet connection.. Thanks for this quick review
- monica
  
  do u know why it is doing this????
Heather_texas

Me too.
Tristan

mines down on chrome too
Stephanie

It's down for me. Was down a bit yesterday afternoon as well… Agh.
daniel clayton

been down for like an hour for me
Steph

Down for me too. Very frustrating.
Andrew Williams

Having problems here too – using Firefox, but IE also failed. Came back up for a few minutes but has gone down again.
I'm just glad it's not just me!
kazzie

Down for me too,im in the uk.
I noticed before it went down it switched back to the old 'request' page and bookmark layout which they had changed'updated' (at least on my account)yesterday.
JIm

Down then up then down then … I'm in the UK.
C.M1322

Down for me and has been for 15 mins
Adam

I live in California and its also down for me
Amber

It's down for me!
Jon

yep it's down here in New Zealand.
aim

hmmm happening to me too.. not good
Anonymous

yea and i like how at the end it says follow us on twitter or facebook lol
Vagabundo

☼ Has been down for me for the past hour on the Mozilla ☼

Didn't have no problem yesterday.
camila

yep its so annoying…i haven't been able to log in
justin

hmm same here.
caroline

Keeps happening to me so annoying also now cant access from my mobile it says my IP address wont allow it and I have been blocked for abusive behaviour dont understand whats happening really getting cross
Rich

Dwn 4 me
vasko

same here….on mobile or on pc….
david

yup fb down for mee too.
anon

Still down for me in London.
- Ongolf1
  
  Have been down for me here in Denmark for over and hour now!
oompaloompa

has been happening to me for the last half hour
- Lynn Lee
  
  it was loading so slow and then now DNS failure , I use google chrome
saraaaaa

it keepsdoing the same for me!
donna

it works on the iphone app, but not online.
loopy

Facebook need to sort this out! its happening too often1
- Rim
  
  Yep
adam

yep. its down. even on phone.
- Roberto
  
  It's gone down my blackberry too now! The fb team need to sort this out as it's getting a chore/headache in having to just keep up with fb!
subti

mine is down, not a happy bunny
- god
  
  get a life you sados
barb

I have Firefox. Can't get so much as a blip.
- Gwen
  
  Same here
ayleen

Hey from Bulgaria here happens as well for the last 10 minutes
Crystal

Yea, Wont work on Mozilla or Internet Explorer either…
courtney

its not work9ing what do i do??????
- Your boss
  
  could get back to work I guess?
Ron

It would work for a few seconds, then suddenly change to "service unavailable".
- Lynn
  
  same here too service unavailable and then DNS failure when reopening
Alicia

Down for me as well.
Pat

Down on chrome, ff or ie for me.
Phoebe

I'm in New Zealand, can't get on, DNR message. Been trying for about 30 minutes.
Marina

I got as far as posting a comment on my wall, but I can't do anything else. It took forever to get on at all, and I can't go anywhere on the site.
Brenda

Down for me in South Florida. Off and on (mostly off) for about an hour now. "service unavailable, DNS failure"
Was off for a good couple of hours yesterday too.
- chris
  
  was it, worked on my phone yesterday but nothing at all now
The wanderer

Not working for me on firefox or IE
Ultric

I don't really have something important to say, but I just thought that this was kinda funny:

"Follow us on Twitter and Facebook, or get daily updates via email."
Facebook. Which is down. Which is what this article is about.
- saya
  
  it also says at the top " be the first of your friends to 'like' this on facebook" why would we like this… on facebook?
- That guy remember??
  
  hahaha
- taylor
  
  I KNOW RIGHT THERE SAYING FOLLOW THEM ON FACEBOOK , i think this is either a possible virus or, well actually im not even sure, this is a worldwide network and they cant even pull their dam sh*t together
- win
  
  haha. second this!
  FB down in Austria for me… past 45mins
Theresa

Facebook is down here in Canada due to DNS Failure
JBK

the end is nigh!!!!!!!!
- kat
  
  lol
- http://twitter.com/pasaway166 @pasaway166
  
  Service Unavailable – DNS failure Here in Philippines
- Roberto
  
  Have to agree!!!!!
Todd

Oh well off to bebo!
Anonymous

my Facebook App on my ipod touch wont loadnew posts and my browser wont even load the facebook page. i feel so shut off lol
fotograf

i get the same message, i live in Serbia
Sheridan

ive been trying on google chrome, still not working.
dawn

mine won't work (dns failure), but my daughter's works…
Anna

happening right now for me. lol'd at the "follow us on facebook" link. XD
steve

been up and down for last hour, sometimes lets me in then freezes, mostly not letting me on tho, very frustrating
Cody

Hahaha I thought my job finally blocked the site, so i googled DNS Failure to check what that meant and instantly saw 10 news stories about FB down within the past (first) half hour!
Maria

This has been the case for a few hours. When it was up it was running extremly slow. I live in Cyprus, so must be all over the place!
Nanc

Down in Grand Rapids, MI.
Charlotte

Its down for me as well and I get the same message. DNS failure. I am in Canada.
Sumanta

The problem is the same here, Cardiff, UK
SKorpyo

Hello, same for me, i live in Madrid, Spain

greetings
Saika

i was updating pictures
Jared

Facebook is down and i am now very unhappy with them…
simon

Not working for me in France!
Louise

Service Unavailable – DNS failure keep getting this message doing my head in
Michael

Still down. NYC.
Paula

FB went down for me about half an hour ago. I just checked it again and got the DNS error. It's apparently working from phones. at least it is for my mates.
gladiator

down in Rome, Italy.
Emma

its not working on chrome, firefox, explorer…. grrr
hbk

i am in the midlands and it is down here
Andy L

Down for me in Herts, UK
Rawr

Still down in Florida!
Jason

Works with my mobile browser, but not on chrome, IE of my sidebar gadget. But what is funny is how PR had put up the "share on Facebook" link and it doesn't work, and the story is how about Facebook doesn't work
Marco

italy. same here. damn facebook. first it owned our minds, now makes us get mad ! "whaaat??? c'mon facebook! c'mooon!!! i'm getting crazyyy!!!" , is probably said from half world : D
Nirjoy

Facebook is down here in Bangladesh due to DNS Failure
HAAIII

OMG IM SCARED no more fb jk its down for me..
Christophe C

FB down for me in Belgium.
Using Chrome
jen

down in seattle
Osama

They didn't pay their BILLS!!! It's a jihad.
Mamaz

down for the second day in a row. getting irritating fast!!!
Paula

i wish facebook would come back soon before my crops die lol
anon

Not working in Finland either
Samia

I am from Sudan face book is down here i have get the same massage ..".Service unavailable- DNS failure"
What happened pleas we want solve to this big problem …
Sylvie

Down for me too in East Anglia using GC, IE8 and FF and it's my birthday
Nellie Flingboyster

Arizona. FB down now for at least 20 mins, maybe longer. Still down. UFO abductions. A whole lot of probing going on. FB withdrawal is something none of us want to witness, let alone, experience.
stuart ellis

same here !! this is the second time this has happened
Kristeen

down for me as well, and cant pull it up on my blackberry
KaL

tying to get connected to fb for last 2 hours sometimes it would go up and then down again. not being able to open any apps! it's frustrating!
Mravic

down for me
sdogodoasfg

Maintance..
Elle

Down in North London too,oh dam,looks like I have too study !
Yev

oh mine's down all right!!! =|
dawit

wow wat iz goin onn i needto go on fb o my goddddddddddddd
Guest

mine isnt working here in ontario for chrome
uman

Using both opera and firefox in windows, can't access FB. Restart with linux, and still cannot login to facebook.
http://advanced-ape.com Ape

Down here, in the UK.
- AAA
  
  Oh dear!
- PLUTO
  
  Italy's down. Something doesn't work out
Hänk

down in finland and around the whole world……….
Rach

omgzzzzzzzzzzzzzz its the end of the world!
divingcometsmom

My OS is WIN7, 64BIT. I've tried both IE and Flock Browsers w/ same results DNS error or link broken, GRRRRR.
jaz

Down in Australia as well
Marko

Down here in Portugal too…
JACK

DOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA AS WELL
swan

good its not just me then, 1st facebook i.m went down, then i got the DNS failure message, hope it gets fixed soon
Marco

italy. down here too
nikki

facebooks down
someone fix it…
Julie

down on iinternet explorer and google chrome. what the what?
Donna

Down for me also in Michigan!
rockerboy

itz down in q8 also..!
Kec

Down for me too, West Mids, UK
Debbi

yeah, down here too…I live near Toronto, Ontario..
Christophe C

Was down untill a few minutes ago here in Belgium.
Seems to be up again. Wonder 4 how long…
Addicted

My crops and dishes! What will I do???
chasity

im on chrome and its been down for over an hour .. dns failure or zero size something is the errors i have gotten
Damit Dan

FaCIAbook is downskies . aww poor CIAbook, not able to gain and sell more personal info we're not givin
viking

down here in Sweden as well
kaz

down for me in Djibouti
yearone

Mine is also down… (DNS FAILURE)

This doesn't seem to be the only problem with facebook:

A) Sometimes chat doesnt appear at'all
B) On the iPhone peoples post appear & dissapear
C) DNS failure
D) Generally the site is getting much slower

Is it because of the now vast amount of people using the site? Or maybe changes facebook have made internally? Never used to these problems.
MOS

Down here in Ireland
Sanjiv

Chill Go Outside And Get Offline
Stijn

same problem in Stockholm, DNS Failure, tried both with Chrome and Firefox
Diego

my benchmark report a perfectely working DNS for my WAN, but Facebook is down here in italy
Sam

Facebook – DNS Failure here in East Anglia. UK.
saya

down in norther California on chrome as well. any news on when this is going to be fixed? is it a hacker or something?
Geneveve

It's not accessible for me either. I'm in the US. Cannot acces it via PC or phone.
NSD

Down in Canada for a while….trying to cope with life after fb….its a hard knock life
L. B.

Down on the PC, but works on the BLackberry
allllll

the world is ending omg!!!
MAL

Down here in Scotland!! God, no facebook for a night… What to do now!
Deuter

Damn ! I've got the same issue as you all guys.
chrisspencer1979

down in Derbyshire, UK too.
susan

Facebook is down in Guernsey Channel Islands….
Fig

Has been down for the past 10 minutes in Vancouver, Canada
UK axe

no facebook!!! life is not worth living!!! ROFL
mel

Yeah down in SC, United States, too. Been trying to get on internet exsplorer..it gets in then quits..google chrome keeps saying dns faliure.
gladiator

still down in Rome
ivz

Italy is down
Oldbones

its everytime zynga updates its software for farmville that facebook goes down,they changed the method of accepting requests and it hasnt worked right since

its not like there was anything wrong with it
Jefken

Also down in Belgium, East Flanders, Aalst
Roz

Same here
Nia

Yes it's happing to me 2 was so frustrated was ready to throw the friggin comp plzzzzz fix it
anon

Down for me in London
Samia

I am from Sudan face book is down .. I received this massage ..".Service unavailable- DNS failure"
Gwayce

Down in the Philippines, Service Unavailable etc. etc. No go in IE, FF, Chrome. What happens to my farm now?
Carmen

Facebook is down in Kansas City
bell

sort it out facebook man!!
devil girlz

still down!!! but its not like we are missing anything cuz it seams that it is down everywhere else so we wont be missing any notifacations
wasnt here

DOWN IN MISSOURI USA
siv

I think if FB is working for some, they are not going to be posting here that it is since they have no idea it's not working for some.
Anite

Dear oh dear Jack or Zack whatever your name is…… too much money too little time…
Pea

Listen world…get a grip…Sweet Zeus…imagine if the internet went down for a week everyone would flip out!!! it hasnt even been off for an hour and everyone's turky-ing…. There is life belong facebook you know Oh by the way Hello everyone1
80'S 4 EVER

STILL WE GOT PROBLEM IN ATHENS,GREECE….SYSTEM IS DOWN.-
sarah

down in Alberta
Tim

Down in Canada
Losille

Have been getting the DNS error for a couple of hours. If they are being attacked the hackers are computer gods!!! I bow to their genius.
Taking Facebook down would be such a spectacular hack, it would be epic. Worth going to jail for!
TinaRay

Whew, I'm glad I'm not the only one. I'm in North Texas. Somebody fix this mess before I go insace
WSUyo'

Safari/FIrefox down here in Minnesota… STILL! >:(
Angela

Down in the big Virginia USA too.
Sara A

Noooo….. How will I cope? Down down deeper and down. Hurry up Facebook!
julia davidson

FB is coming and going but even when i do get into it i cannot do most actions i attempt to do then it goes back down again. from julia in birmingham uk
HZM

DNS failure in Denmark
TNW

Down here in SA TX :/
Ali Khan

yup,its happening here in Pakistan frequently for the last half an hour
i got afraid of losing connection with my lover from Europe,so as a safety
in my last message before signing off,i sent her my msn and other e mail ids
to remain in contact in case FB goes for ever !!! i hope it will get repaired soooon
Laura

Yes, mine is down
Bite me

I NEED to harvest my crops on farmville!
Racel

Facebook is also down for me too (Hertfordshire England)
Tiffani

Alright good. I thought it was just me, lol. It's down here as well… :/
that dude

down here in jersey usa
Bob

linux rocks, its the best, user friendly sometimes dependable always
Kiba

Down here in India!!
Linda

Down off and on for me the a=past couple days and even if i am onlin and the site is up it looks as though i am offline…
Gemma

Facebook is down in Victoria, Australia =(
Lisa

Down in NC
maggie

mines down too,so not hppy!!!!!
clandestino

same problem with FB in Greece right now.

Service Unavailable – DNS failure
Bite

I NEED to harvest my crops on farmville!
Liz

Down in London still.
tracy

same UK
BooY

Down in Belgium… no wait, working now… up and down now.
Started last night.
sara

yeah it's not working
Farle77

Facebook in Tennessee is down. . .works on my verizon phone, but not at home. Pretty ticked.
sss

fb is down here
Eye witness news
KUWAIT
Carole

Hey-y-y-y-y! Where did all my friends and family go????
terry

Down in Louisiana, Too
80'S 4 EVER

STILL WE GOT PROBLEMS IN ATHENS,GREECE…SYSTEM IS DOWN
JGrace

Ok, could this possibly be attributed to the $100 million dollar donation the founder of facebook has given to the Newark school system OR the premiere of the movie??? …Jus sayin'.
Ajj

im back on but goodness knows for how long. my chat not come up though
heather

im done here too… im in california
pomania

I am in Australia it is down on my phone and lap top.. OH my good friends in Uk should of got details from on ce i get back on i am doing that so i can stay in touch what ever happens (
yourmom

downnnn! wt!!!!!!! n i was bout to be getting a bootyyycalll!
im in a worse mood now..
thought sex was gonna make it better
damn you fb.. so good yet so evil! why dont you love me like i love you
Mark

down in Portland OR!
karim

its working now
chris

down in New York, but then it looks like its down world wide
cromy

please..get a life ppl.talk to your wife/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend
nothappy

down in Vancouver Canada
lynn

ok i thought it was my computer but i see fb is down foe everyone it did it yesterday but my friend could use it on her phone
Deb

Down for me to.-Canada
http://twitter.com/offTopicSimon @offTopicSimon

down here in canada…
roz

Whoop whoop jus got on facebook xx
Bob

IT WorKS ON LINUX TRY iT
php

down, Philippines
frank

Down here in Houston N side
chilli

I've been getting the same message DNS failure. A few minutes ago I was on Facebook and clicked on a neighbors picture and it showed facebook/ her password
very bad
Akhil

Its down here as well. New Delhi, India
YAZAN

DOWN IN JORDAN :S
Ash

I can get on from my iPhone but not from any pc
Carol

Also down in Pembs, West Wales
Gwen

Tried to access facebook again and it still won't let me in hopefully the ppl that run facebook will get it back up and running soon
BayArea

It's down here in the bay area California.
togmi

down here in Mexico
facebook

We’re currently experiencing some site issues causing Facebook to be slow or unavailable for some people. We are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.
janice king

me too..im here in VA.. DC area still down here..so sad..fb is the only way i can communicate to ma brother in qatar..
- aya
  
  hey wats going on..
angela

Fb down for me too and on my phone!!!
Osaka

still down for me…
dontcare

Maybe everyone needs to get a life and stop relying on facebook.
Who cares if its down!
XYC

Fb is down here in Croatia
Ben

Down here, in Taiwan
Grace

Happening to me in London…. Can't even get on my phone due to a different problem!
All

Down In Bahrain. On iphone ok.
destiny

Down here too.
Kdog

what the heck is wrong with facebook???
1lostchickie

Down for me, but that's ok. I can live without it… at least until Farmville withdrawal kicks in. ha ha
Bill

Down for me for the last half hour, i went on b4 it went down and chat wasnt working so i refreshed and it kept coming up with that DNS failer thingy
nick

least i'm not alone, i was going blame the laptop!!!
Didi

Facebook is down here in Bulgaria
Catwoman

down in south east london england too
Hansen

Down to in Denmark.
audio geek

Phew…for a brief moment there i thought it was my system. I had requested "more storage", was in the process of verifying , then VOILA….well do hope this is only temporary.[ Canada]
Light

down in canada
Jiean

me too i cant load facebook . ( Philippines )
joe

still down in cz
nielschristian

Down in Denmark as well.
Lalablue

To many USERS!!! Needs to update there site. Hey EUROPE get off my FACEBOOK!!!
Tary

It was working a few hour ago for me but now its down =/ not happy about this.
Rui

Down also in Lisbon…
Raed

Still down in Dubai
colin

down in liverpool to
Phil

It is down for me too. This is bull. i wish they would fix it already. Shit this keeps happening I will find a different social network to use.
raquel

down here in the Netherlands too… hate it :S got too addicted to this
Hid

I'm in Bay Area, California and it's down for me too
Jesse

still down, but before it went down(a couple hours ago) it was REAALLLYYY slow
mhai

down here in las vegas…they have to fix it soon…
stacey

down for me.. in salford.
jrob

looks like fb is down
margaret

i deleted my granddaughters face book account and i can't get on my face book at all now.it it face book or do you think i deleted mine to????.
bill

zomg no facebook wtf R We gonna dooz ohhnn noozozzzzz z not facebooookke!
Twin

down in munich, germany. same error
Domo

Also down for me, it blows! I'M TRYING TO POKE MY GRANDMA. SHE WILL NOT WIN THIS WAR.
VBB

OMG … How can I exist without it LOL
bjkuhblhj

Same, on safari all my sites work but that comes up for facebook.com
Dean

down on iPhone and PC in the southeast region of USA
Guest

OMG!! Facebook isnt working!! We're all gonna die!!
Emma

not working for me..!
Warp

Its down in Greece as well..
pjb

down in ireland 2
Mo Jam

Hawaii down.
chilli

I've been getting the same message DNS failure. A few minutes ago I was on Facebook and clicked on a neighbors picture and it showed facebook/ her password, maybe this is why they took it down.
Charlotte

Down in San Francisco!
Iprincess

Down on Firefox and Safari and Iphone app not responding either!
jose

the world has come to an end, hahaha
Kritter79

Down for me in Nova Scotia, Canada
Veve2491

Yup, Facebook's fucked worldwide! D:
And yeh mine's down to, I wanna know why >_<
northmc

service is down, in Greece
ennie

I'm in Bosnia and Herzegowina , can't get on, DNR message. Been trying for about 30 minutes.
Rcb

Not working for me, been down for the last hour. :/
Elin

Down for me in Sweden.
tony

yup its down here tew U.S.A.
gimifi

not working here in italy, only works on smrtphone with skyfire connection. down here since pm
crystal

down in montreal too
aattgsw

its been happening to me since yesterday.
Ian Williams

arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no facebook i cant take it abandon ship women and children get ya own bloody life boat this ones mine arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

ALTERNATIVLY……..Im going down the pub
Lobo

The narcissists' worst nightmare! FB is down. Oh no!
PolitiZilla

If you run a page there, as I do, you'd have gotten the message for the past few weeks that facebook was making an "upgrade" scheduled for 9/23/2010. Some upgrade. LOL
julee

still down in the uk. peoples farmville sheep are dieing. and the farmers are unable to cull badgers or allow their hounds to rip fox's to bits. sad times.

worldwide, people who are unable to access fb are concidering mass suiside. the only thing stopping them is that they are waiting to post it as their status first.
fbobsessed

Facebook is down in New England…ughh
Fluffyy

it's been down for almost an hour.. Wisconsin.
moelatte

down for me…quite disappointing
nilo

It's down here too

Greece
kaka face

down on firefox chrome mobile and touch
chem

same here in Greece tonight … getting the dns failure message
jose

THE WORLD HAS COME TO AN END!!! HAHAHA..
JPITTS

It's doen on everything for me =/
Drw

Down in Montana.
áine

down in ireland
fbobsessed

alsoo it wont work on safari or my phone…
Eric

We at Facebook apologize for the Inconvenience this has caused everyone. We are working as fast as possible to get the site back up and running. The problem is we had a hacker, hack into our servers and destroy the code which is used for facebook to run. As well as attacking our DNS Ports. The site should be back up and running normally by 9 pm PST tonight. Thank you for your Patience.
Aiden

Not working for me either, hope it will be fixed soon. :[
carol maynard

I am a pensioner and this is a good cheap way of me to connect with my family,or supposed to be come on facebook with all this technology how come you cant sort this out ,tut tut
Malin

Same as here – Poland
fcgoldpride86

yup still down here in Sunderland
aljenn09

Facebook down in South Carolina, USA … Service Unavailable-DNS failure
XTEARM-P-KILLER

Looks like their DNS services are having problems connecting
shane comeback

DOWN in Minnesota-get DNS failure
Talei

This is Chicken Little reporting from down under in Australia… Yes , It's true…..the sky is falling
Rhonda

Some one sent me this message today– NEW VIRUS ON FB using your pictures. It says you have been tagged in a picture, wants you to click on a link to see it, then hacks into your computer & all your accounts, including banking & other secure accounts. It destroys your computer. Once hacked into your computer, it sends e-mails to your friends telling them they have been tagged in pictures & starts the process again. PLEASE RE-POST
Monica

yup, down for me too
Doris

down in italy as well
Jamie

Yes…it's down for me on internet explorer, mozilla, AND my blackberry app…
pisshead

u all suck
hayley

down for me too from sheffield its doin my head in
kelvin

went on about 2 mins ago but then it sent me off again now can ge back on (from england)
amanda hallam

Its down in nottingham!!
andré

also down in switzerland, lucerne.
AwesomeGuy

I like how it's not been down a day and everyone's panicing. Well good.

By the way, it's down here in Nottingham, England. :/
Me-

Facebook down in Central FL as well
taylor

I usually use Google chrome to go on Facebook but it said failure so i tried again and it did the same so i used Firefox and it did the same thing. lastly i tried IE and it did the same! I tried updating my status with my phone and i got a message back saying " unable to update due to technical difficulties." i then tried on my iPod and it said Service Unavailable – DNS failure. I don't know what the problem is but the Facebook staff better be doing all they can to fix it!
Vicky

Down in Belgium too!
Mary

I was playing it and suddenly it went! That is bad.I hope they find out what is happening!
mel

getting right on my nerves now!!!!!
pfisher73

Down in San Diego.
eddyyyy

mine as well just wont let me go to it even, ib on luck if i even get to the page
Kairi

Yup it's down… not too happy about it either.
John H

What do you do? You get a life and do something else. That's what.
jaqi

its the end of the world…………………..I HAVENT GOT IT EITHER
kuk

Down in pt!!!
StopSpinning

Down here. I'm in Austin, TX
Tomas

Still down for me in Brno (Czech Rep.).
john

down for me too in mass
JDc

Its gone dang broke
Lynne

up and down.
ben

down here
carly

omg facebook is over my life is ruined facebook is soo annoying i wana play my god damn game
nicola

my facebook doesnt work!!! says dns failure!!! what does this mean!??
anita

still down in the uk
ben

down here in germany
emmbam11

ugh! It worked for me earlier…. but now it's down……I'm in
California….
Gemma

GRRRR.
carly

were all doomed DOOMED I TELL U
bassa

Down in Vienna, Austria
martin

Down in germany as well
Sucheta

Down for me in Cary, NC, USA
sam

Still down, tried chrome,forefox and IE!!! From London
danny h

the world is coming to an end lol
Joe Dirt

crap, buggy, non-intuitive, lame software is down!
neal

i' v tride iexplorer, firefox and google crome i cant get it to work but my bro sez his is fine heas on bt i'm on three network and i,m in notts hees 200 miles north of me, i dont no if its any of these or if heas just a jammie git
caperald

It's been down over here in Nigeria – west africa
Caco Reguera

Same in Madrid, Spain
Pauly D

Its still down.. here in Jersey
mmmmmm

cheese
pissed!

Down for me too
carly

omg even this site keeps goin dwn
mert

london/luton aint working still….
sabri

facebook down for me in Tunisia
Zghost

this is one epic disruption
Rhonda

I got this message from a friend a little while ago—NEW VIRUS ON FB using your pictures. It says you have been tagged in a picture, wants you to click on a link to see it, then hacks into your computer & all your accounts, including banking & other secure accounts. It destroys your computer. Once hacked into your computer, it sends e-mails to your friends telling them they have been tagged in pictures & starts the process again. PLEASE RE-POST
Janet

Down here in Australia too :0
Hannelore

still down uk
Karole

Mine's down to in Bournemouth UK
mammer

Not working in sweden
LaLa

Down in the UK.. Anyone else not being able to get on in the UK? and how long does this usually last i've not been able to get on in 2 hours…
taykor

a go*dam worldwide network and they cant even pull their sh*t together within the past how long?!?! ive been trying since 122 o clock now, this is just absolutely pathetic
Chara

Down in Athens…
Amy

must be down every where, Ohio
Rosy

Mine is down as well, here in the USA.
joshinKy

its down here in Kentucky also.. dont know whats going on
DameProductios

Bristol on fire fox even changed my DNS lol still down!
dan

this is takin the piss now. i cnt even get hold of my boss now to find out what time i got to be in work and if im not there im sacked so sum1 better get fb sorted out coz it pissing me offffffffffffffffffffff to the fuckingg mainn
lee

…Down for me here in Bournemouth England
Chris

Down in Austria
HL

Still down, whats going on?
Pinkiepie

Down in Vancouver BC also…was very very slow for the last hour, and now i can't log in at all, DNS message.
Vida

:'-( I really truly hope it will be fixed soon
Josh

down for me
- manitoba, canada
colin

way on down Aberdeen Scotland
laura

Down here in Nova Scotia too!!…..oh my what will I do….lol
DAZZA

down on 1 pc able to post the odd comment,change status,yet it is don on my old pc go figure.oh btw i am in the uk
Lynn Lee

down in Vietnam.. just an hour ago.. Sept 24 2010
Mav02

unavailable in MA, still – going on 5 hours now.
salma

down in moroco too
Guest

Annoying… I download FF because I thought my IE was having a bad day(again). Now I read this, Facebook really does need to sort this out… 500 Million people, not very many Happy Campers.
henry

facebook, i cant breath without you, i cant live without you, i will kill myself for you,

i been trying for 1 hour and uninstall everything in my computer
vicky

Service Unavailable – DNS failure
every time i try to go on fb it says thaat shit :S
jano

down in watford too…. but samsung phone working good
rory

it is down here too
Joe

down in MI
James

down here in Australia too
hnelke

Down in Germany as well (www.facebook.de) and now the mobile access (m.facebook.com) is also down!
Eagle

http://blog.facebook.com still works if you were logged in.

Seems like Facebook is up, but some organization is fecking with the DNS tables.
Kristen

Down for me as well here in PA.
Webfreak

Down here too, I'm in South-Africa
Jules

YEP! Down for me in Tarzana, CA Also down on iPhone App!
henry

facebook, i cant breath without you, i cant live without you, i will kill myself for you,
Bent

ugg…i got out of school and wanted to get my stuff done that i do on Facebook…but this is a major fail..really…they need to fix this..Bent. USA.
xatu

down here tooo.. in LK
Stephen H.

Down in Vienna, Austria
ALice

Down in Italy, yay!
li12

down in new jersey
Johan

Down in Sweden a well.
Patman

Ireland here.
I see blog.facebook.com is live but I can't login. http://www.facebook.com still giving DNS issue.
Naryn

down in Barcelona – DNS issue haha no facebook so we all post about no facebook hahahahahaha
Marwa

Down in Egypt as well! .. Fail!
kenny

facebook down for me 2
Olivera

F down in Serbia, too.
JRR

Down in Norway too, tried with Moz, Opera and IE
slickshoes023

Down here in India 2… wtf
Alucard

THIS IS THE APOCALYPSIS, THE END OF THE WORLD, NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! T_T
Fransisco Rinaldi

that's right, we hit peak oil and now facebook. get ready for Armageddon.
- Fransisco Rinaldi
  
  down in New Orleans currently.
Boss Lady

Down for me to!
jonny

its the hackers i bet
nicole

not workinh here to in adelaide but can get it on my phone
kristie

Down here in Central California… Wont work Via Phone Apps Or Pc's! Ugh!
keyoz

Down in Germany as well… what do we do now? is there a life without fb?
alex

Its down for me to and i leave in Louisiana
mrdoubleu

down in germany as well, trying to log in for 30 minutes
http://twitter.com/All_Existence @All_Existence

No funcioNo funciona facebook
un mensaje de error "Service Unavailable – DNS failure " D: na facebook
Peru :S
Johannes

for me too here in sweden :-/
dotty

a no go in Aberdeen too
wzed132

down in houston still..
msa

Down here, in Palestine
anthony

down in the caribbean!!!trinidad to be precise
rhiann

still down how long does it take? was on not long ago uk aylesbury
saif2k

FB down in UK, life seems so incomplete without it!
kegan

this facebook is redicilus
tracey dalton

my facebook has been down since 8:15pm nearly 2 hours now the very same happened last pm its getting tto the point where im running 3 laptops and getting nowhere with fbook might have to find a different social network site
michelle

down for me too
slickshoes023

Its down here in India 2, it works on and off my iphone
Ty Smith

facebook is not good (N)
when will we be able to use it again by today ??????
jason

Lol Imagine if this was the 'end of face book' . We all would get alot more done around the house. But it would also really suck to have drive around to stalk people
badger

off all night…………..
ajx

grrrr im not happy………. sort it out facebook!
brizzie

It's down in Australia too…. I wonder if steve z did this to whip up some controversy…. all those stupid farmvilles going to fallow lol
deedi

same in Germany, down !!!!!
Laura Jayne

Lol the worlds going crazy!!! whats happening weird stuff eh? I'm not even getting on the mobile app for facebook
Kosova

down for me too here in Kosovo
Zee

Down in Pakistan
sirwallis

down here in dublin ireland too
annonomous

oh noooo the world has ended i gotta find sheter
BGCR

Down int he UAE
tracey dalton

my facebook been down for nearly 2 hours now the same last pm very annoyed as i live in ireland and its my way of chatting and keeping up with friends and family in the uk a fed up facebook user
Chrisprols

yep. down in France (Rouen) as well from my laptop on Ubuntu via Firefox.
Jasmine

Down in ontario also!!
lula

Yes it's been down all evening for me in wales but works fine on my phone??
Jenny

Down here in Lincolnshire UK too
Spanteg

Lucky we still have Tumblr.
Katie

it was down about 10 mins ago, and now it's working for me, but I can't get any of the apps to load.
wyse

still down @ 2:00 pm PST
anthony

its back up for me!!
debbie

yep fb is down here to it's working on mobile but not on pc
http://www.facebook.com/julia.gafarova Julia Gafarova

DNS Failure in Russia too
MAHAN

has been happening to me:-(
p3nnypots

FB not working in Israel either
jose+maria

down in the netherlands too
Kiba

Down here in London
gplayers

NOOOO FB IS DOWN IN NYC
Mireille

Down here in Holland too. Since approx. an hour
Warez

Facebook is working at the moment (23:06) in Hungary.
Lloyd

i'm in uk and facebook is down but i can get on facebook mobile on my phone
Nanashi

Down here in Finland as well.
Shellsea Gonzalez

Ive been trying for awhile now ! . I called my friends and i asked if there's was working .. But they have the same answer , Its not working in US ! :/
nessy

happend also here in Morocco and in Tunisia
mahmood alam

I think some link is creating this DNS problem.
Jana

My business profile is fine. I can only get to my private profile via iPhone though. Strange.
deedi

down in Germany
inked_miss

Facebook seems to be working ok now
Pete

Down in Germany as well as in Dubai (checked with a friend).
Christian Grammer

Works fine on my HTC Desire, but not on the pc, and hasn't done for the last 40 mins¬
Lynn

Down in the Netherlands too.
kris

come on fb sort it out pls. i got rent to collect in millionaire city lol/ anyone know what a dns failure is
Johan

Yip in South Africa also FAILURE. Is now 22:45 pm. I thougt it was my phone. Hehe!

thanx 4 ths topic.!!
Jonathan

Down for me in Linz, Austria for the last hour or so. Not so much as a peep. Lot's of DNS errors.
PolitiZilla

I've been reading a lot of articles about this outage and some of the comments to them are hilarious!
Raed

Facebook is back now, from dubai
s.m.c

Ack! It's the Equinox Attack! j/k Poor facebook. Mine came back up, but is verrry slow
Nellie Flingboyster

Up, then down. Up then down. worse than a stud farm. Come on Facebook !
rissa

Wow…can't believe facebook being down was seen as article worthy…the world is going downhill
Graham

here we go again!!
Gogga

off in Namibia aswell
David Parks

I've had lots of problems over the last few weeks connecting from Vietnam. First I couldn't get on using the DNS of the local provider, so I started using Googles 8.8.8.8 DNS servers, fixed it until today. Now googles DNS providers also give me an IP that finds facebook unavailable. I think it's DNS because the first time I hit this I got different results from the DNS servers in veitnam than I did from google. This second time around I'm just throwing my hands up.
chaco

I'm in Japan and it's down too.
FBFan

Looks like its down again….
http://www.teeviewvilla.co.uk graybo

Down now and has been all morning. Cambs, UK.
karen

down for me here too, in malaysia. the whole morning… grrrrrrrr
karen

down here too, in malaysia. whole morning. grrrrrr
cj

in my case, my acoount is temporarily unavailable but my brother can access his t.. same computer..
i ve tried to login to a different area and different computer.