Today's Google Outages

All day there have been widespread reports of Google service outages, mainly across the Northeastern United States. Boston, New York, and Connecticut residents seem to be having the biggest problem accessing Google services. Some of the reported outages include Google News (about 3 1/2 hours), Gmail, mobile Apps, and even search.

Google's response:

We've "received reports that a small portion of certain Internet service providers' users are having difficulty accessing Google services" and that they "are currently working with the ISPs to investigate."

If you experienced outages, please comment below.

UPDATE 5/15/09:

From Google:

An error in one of our systems caused us to direct some of our web traffic through Asia, which created a traffic jam. As a result, about 14% of our users experienced slow services or even interruptions.