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To: JF2155 who wrote (3236)	5/20/1999 11:37:00 PM
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Bids temporarily off at eBay By Tim Clark Staff Writer, CNET News.com May 20, 1999, 5:15 p.m. PT Technical difficulties brought all bidding at popular auction site eBay to a halt this afternoon. In a posting to users at 3:41 p.m. PT, eBay said its pool of CGI servers had shut down. An hour earlier, site management had posted an item saying it was working to resolve "spiking" problems in those servers. As a result, visitors can reach eBay's home page and use the search function to find items but cannot bid or check on the status of any specific auction. Shortly after noon today, eBay posted a notice that it was updating its search index. Around 8 a.m. PT, eBay reported that its ISP had problems with an external router that had to be reset, thus making it difficult for some users to reach the site. eBay spokespersons are checking with the technical staff but had no information beyond the notice. On May 3, eBay suffered a five-hour outage that was blamed on the failure of a database server's hardware. In December, the site suffered at least three outages that disrupted service. In the past, eBay has extended auctions that were due to expire during an outage.