Internet Stumbling Under Election Traffic

As I type this, my site just coming back up as are any others I've checked who are parked at Hosting Matters. That includes Instapundit, Vodkapundit, Command Post, Outside The Beltway.... the restoration may be temporary, though.

INDC Journal is speculating about a Denial Of Service attack, but it's more likely to be the result of heavy traffic. Internet Health Report shows some networks slowing badly - with latency severe from time to time. So, when you go to a site, give it time to load. It's transferring data as fast as it can....

National Review Online is still up and has some interesting info on the early exit polls skewing for Kerry - which they did for Gore in 2000 as well. Short form - ignore them.

Update - The Corner is more active and looks to be a better source than network news. Listening to ABC feed on Rawlco. Most amusing moment - Sam Donaldson reminding people of the 50-something electoral votes in California, so "don't lose hope"!

Don't forget Megapundit is charting the results. The page updates ever 6 minutes, so if you just keep a window open, it will do so automatically as results come in.